Nils Lou on fri 6 nov 09
Mel, you miss the point. The Play Book is not an academic, serious
book on creativity. It is, however, an attempt to take play seriously. =3D
When=3D20
folks say, =3D93all you do is play=3D94, I agree=3D97enthusiastically. Beca=
use =3D
play
is an authentic experience, not imitative. And, I=3D92d argue that we can =
=3D
be=3D20
children again and need to be, to connect to that intangible essence of =3D
the=3D20
creative =3D93wow, how did I do that=3D94?=3D20
And, I=3D92d be happy to take you to dinner, s=3D92long as Sharlene will =
=3D
join us.
nils lou, professor of art
http://nilslou.blogspot.com
www.tinyurl.com/bpc5nm
503.883.2274
"Play is the essence of creativity", and
"What is not brought forward into consciousness....
we later call Fate", Carl Jung
Anthony Ferguson on sat 7 nov 09
Nils,
Play is the essence of lack of inhibition. Somehow sometime adults screw
kids up--school, church, institutions, formalism, etc. I worked with mild
to severe mental retarded artists. They were the best group I ever had
residence with. Completely without inhibition, not afraid to try anything,
not trying to be artists, they are artists--and they had more fun then I've
seen anyone have with the material--no ego nada, pure joy.
Tony Ferguson
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Nils Lou wrote:
> Mel, you miss the point. The Play Book is not an academic, serious
> book on creativity. It is, however, an attempt to take play seriously. Wh=
=3D
en
> folks say, =3D93all you do is play=3D94, I agree=3D97enthusiastically. Be=
cause =3D
play
> is an authentic experience, not imitative. And, I=3D92d argue that we can=
b=3D
e
> children again and need to be, to connect to that intangible essence of t=
=3D
he
> creative =3D93wow, how did I do that=3D94?
> And, I=3D92d be happy to take you to dinner, s=3D92long as Sharlene will =
join=3D
us.
>
>
> nils lou, professor of art
> http://nilslou.blogspot.com
> www.tinyurl.com/bpc5nm
> 503.883.2274
> "Play is the essence of creativity", and
> "What is not brought forward into consciousness....
> we later call Fate", Carl Jung
>
--=3D20
Cheers,
Tony Ferguson, MA
Artist/Educator
http://www.tonyferguson.net
Workshops & Online Education
James Freeman on sat 7 nov 09
I think you've hit the nail on the head, Tony. The writer and literary
critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve once wrote, "With everyone born human,
a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an
adult." We spend years teaching children that everything free, spontaneous=
,
and natural about being human is somehow dirty, unproductive, or unbecoming=
,
then we spend fortunes later in life trying to remedy the fact that we are
on balance an inhibited, ashamed, and unhappy lot.
Take care.
...James
James Freeman
"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should
not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
-Michel de Montaigne
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/clayart/
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Anthony Ferguson wrote=
:
> Nils,
>
> Play is the essence of lack of inhibition. Somehow sometime adults screw
> kids up--school, church, institutions, formalism, etc.
>
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