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?
playfulness
This month, we will explore how to reconnect with and reinvigorate the spiritual practices of play and playfulness. So often in our serious world we lose sight of the importance of play.
What are your favorite ways to play?