A stereotypical child’s toy, building blocks, have become a staple image for corporate businesses.

Everybody hides an aspect of their personality in public. Since the moment we begin to interact with people in society, we begin to learn facts about them and most significantly about ourselves. As we become accustomed to the expectations of society, we notice that some aspects of personality are unwanted and to stay as a part of society we supress these qualities. However, they are never truly gone. This includes the energy, mannerisms and freedom that are lost during the process of growing up.

Why is it that we are obliged to let go of our childhood ambitions and become simply another cog in the machine that is society? Society coerces people into living by a certain standard, enforced by social conventions and the education system. Which leaves me wondering: what would society be like if these conventions were not forced on us, if people were free to live without rules restraining their childhood and personalities. Would society exist at all? I would like my performance to convey and challenge these questions whilst remaining light-hearted.

As humans, we never seem content with our position in society- as a child we dream of being older and in adulthood we wish we were young again. Perhaps this is because as a child, the world appears simple and beautiful but as we grow older and more aware, that binary is exposed and challenged. Childhood should prepare you for the trials and tribulations of the outside world so that playing can remain a consistent part of your life.

That said, we should not try to recreate what was, but continue to embrace the feeling of freedom that we felt as children.

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Building block image:

Fraud Intelligence, (2014) Step up for a better view [Online]. Available at: http://www.counter-fraud.com/incoming/article97804.ece/ALTERNATES/w940/shutterstock_63249232.jpg [Accessed 5 February 2017].