An Imaginary Life: Where Do Dead Imaginary Friends Go?

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Young children three and four years-old, and many older children (as well as some teenagers), report having imaginary companions. Imaginary friends can provide emotional stability, feelings of competence and a sense of enhanced social perception.

But what happens to one’s imaginary friends when childhood imaginary companions fade away, are rejected or dismissed when real-world opportunities for social interaction become more available and appealing to the child? Where do the poor little imaginary friends go when they die? Are they really gone or dead, or are they still sadly hanging around down here, watching as the real world goes around and passes them by? The animated short film "An Imaginary Life" addresses that very question. At first, this film seems to be light-hearted and humorous, but the issues with which it deals are universally serious ones, matters of rejection, life and death.

This article includes a number of photographs and images, as well as the wonderful animated short film, “An Imaginary Life."
  • added November 20, 2008
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