Wildly Creative Play
April 12, 2010
It was April 10th, a few days ago. The sun shone. We set up a big table on the patio and tumbled outside with our paints, crayons, oils, paper and an assortment of creative art materials.
Our Wildly Creative party day had arrived.
My wife had sent emails to friends in Canada, Austria, the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore … suggesting they host their own creative party. The vision was that we share our creativity and fun, by sending a consciousness wave of ecstatic delight around the world.
I managed to video some of our event – the video clip below gives a taste of what it was like. Yet I can’t fully describe the irresistable pull that drew me to the arts table. I’ve never sensed anything like it. Something in me wanted to be deeply involved: playing with paints, making an avatar, trying my skill at collage. I could feel the creativity – not just from the people but from an intense feeling in me to want to sit down with them and create. They created an energy field of active creative participation.
After my stint with the videocam I sat at the table and was given some tips on how to paint.
Painting is an undeveloped skill in me, so I wanted to see what I could do. I used basic principles -
- that you instinctively select the right colours
- that you allow the creative energy that dances in you to direct your movements
- that you allow patterns to emerge naturally and experiment with them in a light-hearted way
- that you learn by noting what is being created and let it stand on its own merits.
Here is my paper plate dragon: my first foray with paints since forever.
I acknowledge the magical spell of creativity that assisted with this. So be warned – if you’ve ever wondered where the creative urge, the desire to start something new comes from, then now you know – it comes from all of us! And that’s the power that we’re sending all around the world every day.
When you get into the spirit of play then you see all kinds of references to it. Here is one that I’ve just come across: using kid’s toys to solve grown-up problems.
“The laboratory is basically a glorified playroom,” says Jeremy Levy, physics professor at the University of Pittsburgh. “When we do experiments, it is a highly advanced form of play…we’re exploring new things.”
Read more at http://www.scientificamerican.com
Finally, check out Soleira’s page on Wildly Creative Play at http://www.wowingourworld.com
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Lovely stuff Santari xxx