Stephanie Haile

Computers the New Etch - A - Sketch

Vintage toys of the day instilled mass creativity into the minds of todays artists and inventors. What creative genius will be born through the toys available today?

Throughout history man has created. Created imagery and vision with artistic expression. From God molding the universe, there began creation. Adam and Eve weaving garments of leaves through the Renaissance period, the paintings of Michaelangelo, Picasso's abstractions, the sketches of Leonardo, The Roman Empire's aqueducts, Guggenheim's architecture, to the prose of Shakespeare. We Create.

Yes, creation comes in many forms, manipulating realities, materials, and existences. We admire beauty, structure, form, and depth. Labeling this art is but an addition to this creative process that indeed enhances the form.

Whether our designs come in graphic, language, text, code, utilitarian or visual, monumental or minuscule, as a World we have discovered and introduced creations that have astounded and awed Nations.

With the invention of the Etch - A - Sketch, yes, I begin at my creative introductions; Etch - A - Sketch, Spin - Art, and the Loom Weavers of Mattel and Hasbro, I believe this generation of inventors, artists, and creators of brilliance started with the seemingly simple formations of these wondrous toys.

Todays computers wizards came from the inspiration of yesterdays toys. Chemistry sets in a box, Lincoln Logs, Legos, Train Sets, and Red Rider BB Guns with Cowboy Hats and Boot sets all played a role in the expansion of human minds toward the greatness of creating visions and wonder online.

Play - Doh had to have inspired the minds of the creators of the incredibly intense PC game Spore. Spin - Art for the Slide dot com's photo Slide shows, maybe Lincoln Logs took a role in the ideas for designing a 3D model Log Home program online.

Lite Bright could have caused a "light bulb" to glow brighter in the creation of the home computer and numerous kids have "operated" on walkie talkies, radios, and old TV sets later to become expert repairmen, inventors, and creators of technology. The skilled surgeons today who once played with the still nose lighted board game Operation surely had a steady handful of practice with that toy.

With this in mind, What will todays toys inspire in our youth of tomorrow? Will this high technology entertainment shift the gears of the upcoming geniuses into yet another realm of creativity? The World is waiting.

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