
The Attitude of Play
The attitude of play = cultivating the possibility of delight in any moment! We're innately wired to play, then learn to postpone it: til recess, til the weekend, til the kids are grown. It becomes a habit to put it off, and it's easy to forget how to become present to creativity, beauty, awe, and silliness. It's essential for our well-being. As an artist, home remodeler, and gardener, there's lots of ways to talk about how I reconnect with the attitude of play, and I invite you to consider: what lights you up, how do you play?
The Attitude of Play
Dreams, creating, and what the attitude of play really is.
Had a luscious dream that water was dripping in. Oh no! But the ceiling was different, so I knew it was a dream. Woke up and told someone about the leak, knowing it wasn't a problem, because it was a dream, then I woke up. It's time. The fallow season is over, and it's time to play, to create, to feel awe, witness beauty, experience delight and whimsy, and the wisdom of play. When you learn what lights you up, and how to keep your focus on it -- that becomes your experience. It's a teachable skill.
When you're an artist, everything looks like material. Anything you see is a question, a possibility, a place to leap off into creative imagination. Reuse, repurpose, recycle is so satisfying, a way to reinvent something, make it beautiful. And creating is a collaboration with the material, dancing together, listening and responding to each other. What fun! What a beautiful way to live. Come join in.