As a child, I never quite understood “magic” in a supernatural sense; nevertheless, my budding mind would naturally cherish experiences that could remove me from my everyday existence and present me with something enchanting – something new. I would associate such experiences with what I perceived as magic, and I realized that with magic comes a magician that compels dreaming and ignites one’s imagination.
When I was a toddler, my family and I frequented the Lewis A. Ray library of Smyrna so that I could temporarily satisfy my insatiable craving for knowledge. While there, I never missed the opportunity to seize my two favorite VHS tapes whenever available: Popular Mechanics for Kids: Rip Roaring Roller Coasters and NOVA: Roller Coaster!. These videos …show more content…
One evening, I heard noises coming from the basement; my sister and I decided to investigate the space and found our parents playing an old Super Nintendo Entertainment System hooked up to a vintage television set with antennas protruding from the top. Upon our arrival, they passed their controllers to us, allowing us to experience video games for the first time. I instantly fell in love with gaming, from the sensationally beautiful graphics to the ability to control a character on screen by pressing “right” on the d-pad. Nearly every day when I got home from kindergarten, I would look forward to either playing Super Mario World or Donkey Kong Country. Moreover, I began collecting vintage and modern video games/consoles, and the vibrant characters I played as served as an inspiration for my art, where I frequently drew them in my notebooks and on printer paper. The perplexing amazement gaming offered me paralleled to the bewilderment I experienced when watching the roller coaster VHS tapes, both impregnating my mind with curiosity for how humans (the magicians) could conceive such physical and digital experiences
When I was a toddler, my family and I frequented the Lewis A. Ray library of Smyrna so that I could temporarily satisfy my insatiable craving for knowledge. While there, I never missed the opportunity to seize my two favorite VHS tapes whenever available: Popular Mechanics for Kids: Rip Roaring Roller Coasters and NOVA: Roller Coaster!. These videos …show more content…
One evening, I heard noises coming from the basement; my sister and I decided to investigate the space and found our parents playing an old Super Nintendo Entertainment System hooked up to a vintage television set with antennas protruding from the top. Upon our arrival, they passed their controllers to us, allowing us to experience video games for the first time. I instantly fell in love with gaming, from the sensationally beautiful graphics to the ability to control a character on screen by pressing “right” on the d-pad. Nearly every day when I got home from kindergarten, I would look forward to either playing Super Mario World or Donkey Kong Country. Moreover, I began collecting vintage and modern video games/consoles, and the vibrant characters I played as served as an inspiration for my art, where I frequently drew them in my notebooks and on printer paper. The perplexing amazement gaming offered me paralleled to the bewilderment I experienced when watching the roller coaster VHS tapes, both impregnating my mind with curiosity for how humans (the magicians) could conceive such physical and digital experiences