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Big Ideas By: Lauren Some peope miss the big ideas in what they see or hear. It may range from a phrase no one cares about or even something that may change the world! There are many different places, and here are three of them. Museums are often a great place to support this thesis. Many people, when they look at art, see it in many different ways. They might even see it in the wrong way, missing the big idea, from what the artist intended. “Matthew come look!” I called, getting a loud shush from my dad. I rolled my eyes and started reading something under a picture. I heard loud, clumsy footsteps and quickly finished reading, then looked up. “Isn't this cool?” I asked, pointing to a modle wearing what people would wear in the 1800's. “Sure... can we go play games now? Heard the game room was awesome!” he exclaimed, dad nodded before I could speak, and Matthew dissapeared around a corner within seconds. “OK now, give me a fact about the museum Chew,” dad said, as we walked back through the park. Matthew looked at dad, confused, but dad only smiled. “Ummm.... a jumprope wheighs less than a bowling ball?” Matthew answered, more of a question than you'd think. “About the old days,” I said, smiling happily. “I don't know! No one cares about that stuff anyways! Bet I could beat you to the bench across the grass!” he yelled, and shot off, before dad or I could stop him.

Sometimes we stare at something so hard we miss the point, or the big idea! This can happen maybe at home or at a place where we least expect things. I watched the TV, nothing else to do. I had just finished the 6th Harry Potter book, I had enjoyed it plenty. I started flipping through the channels, and sighed when nothing I liked was on. I changed the channel to my last hope, channel 31, and decided it was the best I could find. The Mighty B was on, and I listened to the theme song. Soon I got bored, and went to grab a juice pouch from the frigderator. When I came back the main character of the show was staring at a picture. She was staring so hard she had imagened she had turned into part of the picture and was somehow seeing within it. When it was over and she got back out of the picture, she exclaimed to her dog she had had an awesome time, and it was the coolest thing she had ever seen. The dog snorted, and pulled out a marker. He ran up to the picture and drew the outline of a bee in the mess of dots in the picture. The main character had missed the big idea, and I laughed a little.

Other times you can be looking at something else, and fully miss the big idea of the entire thing your looking at. A lot of times this can happen in a crowded city/town. Thats where a lot of things are usually going on and it might get confusing. An example of this is when I went to Breckenridge, Colorado on a week vacation with my friends. “Lauren hurry up!” Katy, my cousin, called out. “Can't! Traffic on the sidewalk!” I yelled back, and dodged around a bunch of crazy teenagers. Finally, the stairs came into few. I darted through the crowd of people and ran down them, and flew into the fossil shop. Shelves created mazes through the shop, each shelve holding many fossils of different types. I walked slowly and carefully around the shelves, not trusting my self if I where to fall. I came around a shelve full of fish fossils and saw a box filled with rings. Each ring had a stone in it. There was stones from black to pale yellow. I pulled out a smooth blue stone ring, and slipped it on my finger. I then took it off to look at the price. I just gawked at the price tag, and suddenly heard my cousin's friend behind me. “Ouch.” Annie said, and I set the ring back. $29.99 for that thing? The stone didn't even look real! “Haven't you noticed ANYTHING else Lauren?” Katy's voice said, and Annie and I both turned around. “Nope” Annie and I said together. And started laughing when we did. “This place is FULL of fossils, you can find something else!” Katy said, then walked away, leaving Annie and I to go around the shop and look for something better.

Sometimes you may not want to see the big idea, you might also look to close and miss the big idea! Either way, I think its important to look closely, but not too close. You can also think about what your looking at or hearing in different ways, maybe one would make more sense than the other, and you could figure it out. In all, I really think people miss the big idea, maybe without even knowing it!