When Did We Stop Playing? How Fun Actually Fuels Your Creative Work
I went to a party this past weekend and the theme was “time traveler.”
The ask was for us to pretend we were time travelers stuck between eras so our outfits were supposed to reflect multiple time eras.
They encouraged us to just use whatever we had in our closets, which I appreciated, and even though I was a little overwhelmed and confused at first as to what I was going to do……
Eventually I reminded myself that this was fun.
I wasn’t getting graded on my outfit and there was no competition.
My old programming of approaching things as hard or needing to get it right has gotten much better over the years but it can still rear its head.
I have to remind myself that things can be and often are easier and more fun than I am expecting and/or experiencing.
I ended up going for a time traveler caught between 90s pop star and the Matrix lol and it was an iconic look if I do say so myself.
When I got there I also got to talk to other people about their outfits and what their inspiration was and you could tell people had fun putting it together.
While I was there, there was also a silent disco and hula hoops which I obviously partook in both of.
I truly felt like a kid again listening to music that felt like it was lighting up my whole body while wiggling around trying to keep the hula hoop up.
It was so much fun that I ended up buying a hula hoop this week 🤣.
Anyways, since then I have felt so much more inspired and energized and it was a wild reminder to actually……play.
Not to talk about play but actually go do it.
So here are some questions I am asking myself this week:
What is my relationship to (creative) play?
Do I have any fears around intentional (creative) play?
What *type* of play could feel restorative to my creative practice?
What would be possible in my creative practice or projects if I gave myself the type of play that is being asked of me?
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