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Being Cringe and Reclaiming Child-Like Wonder

Being Cringe and Reclaiming Child-Like Wonder

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Apr 18, 2025
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“The illusions of childhood are necessary experiences: A child should not be denied a balloon just because an adult knows that sooner or later it will burst.”
- Marcelene Cox (1948)

- Yoshitomo Nara

PSA: This post is far more tangential than my usual writing and has little to nothing to do with fashion. I’m working to share more of these thoughts with you all as I have them. Hopefully, they resonate with some of you (or even just one of you).

“Who are you doing this all for?” was my journal prompt this week.

Here is some of what I wrote:

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