We use easy playful demeanors to guide students through difficult information. We know that patterns of playful interactions help students assimilate and retain information for immediate and future learning. The gift of PLAY allowed these corporate executives to reconstruct their historical profile as a fairy tale and drew them away from the linear constructs of stifling day-to-day routines. It allowed them to envision and define their identity and purpose, and then to communicate their vision. As artists and art teachers, we perpetually give and use this gift of PLAY. We intentionally create the time and space to give form to imagination, literally constructing professions and identities through the telling of visual stories. We incorporate the art of PLAY as a way to enter the mental space necessary to envision and create. We aren’t concerned with facts, but how they are discovered and contemplated.
If you’re looking for a vein of purpose this fall, consider delving into the Art of PLAY! Where can intentional discovery take you? Our fall conference this year offers a variety of PLAYful options for you to use as inspiration. Here are some resources to get you started: - National Institute for Play: www.nifplay.org - Tim Lowry: www.storytellertimlowry.com - Nature and Play: www.playcore.com - The Play Project: www.playproject.org - Stuart Brown’s TED Talk: “Play Is More Than Just Fun”: https://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_ says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital
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