Sit with some blocks, or some art supplies. A blank paper and a pencil. A lump of clay, maybe. Let your creativity play. Let go of an attachment to a particular outcome, and just create.
Let your creativity play today.
Author: Michael Tino
rules
Sometimes play comes with rules, designed to make things safer or fairer. Sometimes rules are healthy boundaries, sometimes rigid injunctions.
What are the rules associated with your playfulness?
culture
When I was a child, my Italian-American elders taught me the games of our culture–bocce on the lawn, pinochle at the card table. Those memories are special to me as an adult. -Michael Tino (CLF)
What are the games you associate with your cultural heritage?
free time
Have you ever had the experience of free time to fill with play? With adventure, with fun, with exploration, with laughter, with friendship? Time in which the cares of the world and of your life were secondary to just enjoying yourself?
What would you do if you had a day of “free time?”
sounds of play
When I ask my piano students to do something whimsical on the keys, they typically play staccato, high pitched notes, at a fast speed. -Beth Murray (CLF)
What sounds do you associate with being playful?