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<DIV>Akiane's art work can be viewed at:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This young ladies painting of Jesus looks like Pete
Townsend in his thirty's with a Rod Stewart haircut.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously she must be operating on a higher plane.
Absolutely nothing else explains it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gc</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=gussie443@hotmail.com
href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">Ellen Roskovich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Indigo
Children:Child Prodigy Art</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>All:</DIV>
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<DIV>There was an interesting long article about "Indigo Children" in the
March 13, 2006 Spokesman Review, section B page 1 and 5. Consider that
both sources Donovan gave are clearly biased against finding value in the
concept, the Wiki article with warnings that the content is in dispute, and
the "skepdic" web site being what it says it is, "skeptical." Skeptical
is good! I'm skeptical of Donovan's dismissing the concept of "Indigo
Children" with three words, "made up garbage." Look in the mirror!
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If this concept is "made up garbage," consider that there is a school in
Coeur d'lane named "School Indigo." To quote from the Spokesman Review
article:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Their thought processes usually operates a little differently."says
Sydnee Wright, director of School Indigo, a private alternative school in
Coeur d'lane. "They tend to think outside the box. They tend to
think very large." </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The article raises the question about whether the "Indigo Child" is just
another label for something else already categorized, like "gifted" or
"genius," or a positive concept to label something more negative, like ADHD.
</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>However, the article discusses the lives of several children who some
consider "Indigo Children," and these children are not just misbehaved and
malfunctioning:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"A Post Falls girl, 11 year old art prodigy, Akiane Kramarik, was
featured in the recent indigo documentary."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"At the age of 4, she had a tremendous spiritual transformation," says
her mother, Foreli Kramarik. "This is when she started sharing about her
visions of heaven and little by little I began believing." </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Akiane's art work can be viewed at:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.artakiane.com">http://www.artakiane.com</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And what do I think? I think we put children into far too many
"boxes," labels based on incomplete understanding of human individuality and
the complexity of the human organism. And I think many children who
resist conforming to a traditional school setting are not just
"misbehaving." I think it is unrealistic to expect all children to sit
quietly in desks in rows at the commands of adults. Many talented
children who who resists this sort of educational setting do not
have a "pathology," in my opinion, but in fact may be more inward and
creative in their thinking, thus resisting the demands of conformity.
And given what many societies expect children to conform to, this might be
viewed in a positive light. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>However, I'm not interested in more labels to impose upon the uniqueness
of each individual, such as "Indigo Child." On the other hand, however
much the origins or theory of the "Indigo Child" should be questioned, it does
provide a context in which to provide cultural protection for gifted children
who might be otherwise labeled in some negative or pathological
manner, resulting in the stifling of their individuality and gifts.
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Consider that many of the most passionately held religious beliefs, when
examined under the glaring light of logic and fact, can also easily be
dismissed as, "made up garbage."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ted Moffett</DIV>
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<DIV><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 8/2/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Ellen
Roskovich</B> <<A
href="mailto:gussie443@hotmail.com">gussie443@hotmail.com</A>>
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<P><STRONG>On giving some of those websites a quick glance, it looks like
parents trying to find an excuse for badly behaved children. Also
noticed that these websites are quick to make your pocketbook lighter. . .
for a price they'll tell you how to deal with your little darling.
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<P><STRONG>Ellen A. Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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vision2020@moscow.com</A></I><BR>Subject: <I>[Vision2020] Change
of Subject - Children</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:35:37
-0700</I><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=e id=q_10cd1a0cd9116b1b_2>>Has anyone heard of "Indigo
Children"? Can you explain it to me or if it<BR>>even
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