“Improvisation, composition, writing, painting, theater, invention, all creative acts are forms of play, the starting place of creativity in the human growth cycle, and one of the great primal life functions. Without play, learning and evolution are impossible.
Play is the taproot from which original art springs; it is the raw stuff that the artist channels and organizes with all his learning and technique.
Technique itself springs from play, because we can acquire technique only by the practice of practice, by persistently experimenting and playing with our tools and testing their limits and resistances. Creative work is play; it is free speculation using the materials of one’s chosen form.
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Artists play with color and space. Musicians play with sound and silence. Eros plays with lovers. Gods play with the universe. Children play with everything they can get their hands on.”
-from Free Play- The Power of IMPROVisATIOn in Life and the Arts, by Stephen Machnanovitch
Move Create Practice
Inspired by Authentic Movement practice and Feldenkrais principles, and designed to support deep creative process with the body as muse. We meet once a month (sometimes more) for 90 minutes. You will also find some shorter guided creative process invitations in this section of the library as well.
Weekly Vision
A structure I have evolved over the years that helps me manage my many to dos and bigger visions, influenced by teachings on productivity and creativity, particularly David Allen's Getting Things Done. Several library members meet Monday mornings 9:30-10:30am EST on Zoom. Email me if you'd like to join us, and I'll send you the login info.
Principles
A growing collections of images/words/videos that illustrate/reflect on Feldenkrais principles.
I hope you stumble upon some of these during your library explorations and make some space to
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Lesson 8 in Library Intro Series