Aliveness: play and creativity

“Play is the continuous evidence of creativity, which means aliveness.” D.W. Winnicott

This week, I invite you to nurture your own sense of aliveness by consciously bringing play into your daily life.  

My wonderful teacher, Seth Barrish, ran (and probably still does run!)  a professional acting class every Monday night.  Seth would say, “Who would like to play next?”  Not “Who would like to work next.”  We did not enter that space to work on our scenes, or to work on our technique. But to play.

Just as Winnicott found in his work with children the vital connection between play, creativity, and aliveness, Seth reminded us that if our characters were to be fully alive,  we had to play. 

This week, I invite you to nurture your own sense of aliveness by consciously bringing play into your daily life.  No matter how mundane, serious, boring, important,  draining, or terrifying the moment might be, invite in play and witness how aliveness follows.