GM : I don ’ t like just one thing ; I do like all of it . I ’ m happy with the tree [ and ] … the cottage . … I don ’ t know if I have a favorite part , but I am preferential to Starlight Park . I ’ m … building a twinkling light sign that ’ s going to go up there .
LBM : What ’ s next ? AM : We already have a 7-foot dragon that we built , so we ’ re building a castle ruin that should be coming hopefully in the next few months . We are going to change the decor for Halloween and then , of course , for the holiday season . … We ’ re [ also ] working to fundraise to create a school group tour program so that we don ’ t have to charge for that . … We ’ ll be adding some workshops and other events , but we definitely need more space . … But we also don ’ t want to lose the beauty of hand-making everything and , when you get too big too fast , sometimes you lose that .
LBM : Why do you think it ’ s important for people to use their imaginations ? AM : Technology has really … changed
One of the scenes in the Museum of Make Believe ’ s inaugural exhibit , “ Ghost Stories & Fairy Tales ”
the way we interact and engage with the world . So often , we ’ re looking down … and we ’ re not looking people in the face . We ’ re not really exploring the world and I think that ’ s a real loss . … It was really important to us that we have no digital technology when people came inside . We wanted everything to be handmade and kind of go back to that old-fashioned mindset . I grew up pre-cellphone , pre-internet , and I would just make up stories . I think that gives us empathy . It helps us connect with other people when we hear their stories , and I think we ’ ve lost some of that . We want to … bring some of that back . g
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