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Category Archives: Play

Play

Play – and Doing Nothing

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

When we talk about play in my workshops, it’s usually in relation to the importance of play for young children. What about play for adults: play, relaxation-and, doing nothing? In a synchronistic Christmas moment, everyone in my family gave everyone else art supplies: paints, little canvases, clay. We painted and sculpted for hours, like kids … Continue reading →

Play

Serious About Play

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Mary Rothschild • Leave a comment

Let’s talk about free play: problem solving and imaginative experimentation.  Did you notice the words after the colon in the preceding sentence?  That explanatory phrase is one way of addressing a difficulty we face in approaching the subject of play: language. The word “play” often implies, as http://www.dictionary.com says: “the opposite of work”.  Can’t be … Continue reading →

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