The Attitude of Play

The Attitude of Play

The attitude of play = cultivating the possibility of delight in any moment! We're innately wired to play, then learn to postpone it: til recess, til the weekend, til the kids are grown. It becomes a habit to put it off, and it's easy to forget how to become present to creativity, beauty, awe, and silliness. It's essential for our well-being. As an artist, home remodeler, and gardener, there's lots of ways to talk about how I reconnect with the attitude of play, and I invite you to consider: what lights you up, how do you play?

Episodes

May 11, 2024 6 mins

If you see the aurora borealis tonight, here are two iPhone settings that will dramatically enhance your photos: exposure and duration. Saw a vid on TikTok by @toddgross  explaining these, and I'm passing them along to you. I hope you get to see them tonight! 

And covering the lenses is only to practice the steps -- at night the camera will offer those settings. 

(And sorry my intro and episode are loud, stil...

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First off, it's a nut, not a bolt. I've always mixed up those two words, and only get it right once here. (1) I've been falling to silence, in light of world strife and tragedy. It's been hard to speak on lightness of being when there's so much darkness in the world right now. Not meant as disrespect, indifference, or ignorance, we have to have light. In spite of darkness. In addition to it. Because of it. ...

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August 15, 2023 7 mins
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Trying an experiment of a preroll, an old clip, and a postroll. 
Added a little music in between, lemme know if that worked or was distracting. 

 Play requires a sense of safety.
When we play, we move into flow state, without editing or critique.
We are vulnerable. Safety is required to play. 

 Callisi kitty, a white Turkish angora, arrived fall of 2021, and this episode features a clip I recorded then, watching her immed...

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As a kid, cataloging my collections was half the fun. I collected glass animals. 
Made lists, rearranged them, carefully attending to how each was beautiful in its own way. In the garden, choosing cultivars is just one of each, like bon bons in a chocolate box.

 Part of the joy is cataloguing them. Each Japanese maple has its own piece of Garden Jewelry, its name on glass, wrapped in wire and beads. [will post pic on IG]

 I’m fin...

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 AMSR of lake life
This episode is an experiment! 

A slow, gentle, AMSR-infused sample of what a warm day sounds like by a lake. Rather than the usual sound editing to minimize background noise, I left it all in.

Please listen with headphones. Sit back with your favorite beverage, and close your eyes. You’ll hear music, laughter, a ski boat, waves lapping on shore, a riding lawn mower, and lots of purring and some meows from Call...

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Well this was unexpected! I recorded this episode quite awhile back, and was gifted with a huge wave of Soul Laughter -- a rare unicorn of mirth that bubbles up from my very soul. Roll on the ground, knee-slapping, haw haw laughter. Better than sex, I tell ya. I'd just sold my house, and the relief and freedom washed through me. 

Recorded on the Magic Porch with my iPhone, there's lots of ambient sound. Please ex...

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Had a luscious dream that water was dripping in. Oh no! But the ceiling was different, so I knew it was a dream. Woke up and told someone about the leak, knowing it wasn't a problem, because it was a dream, then I woke up. It's time. The fallow season is over, and it's time to play, to create, to feel awe, witness beauty, experience delight and whimsy, and the wisdom of play. When you learn what lights you up, and ho...

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March 31, 2023 6 mins

Welcome to the Attitude of Play -- the mindset of being open to the possibility of delight in any moment. We are innately wired to play, yet we learn to put it off -- til recess, til the weekend, til vacation, til the kids are grown. We lose permission to play. This podcast is about reconnecting to your sense of play and creativity, to find what lights you up, and then cultivate the habit of expecting it, looking for it, and keepin...

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Welcome to the attitude of play. :)
 
 You're listening to the sound of rain dripping off a metal roof onto wine bottles nestled in the grass. Differently shaped, all the bottles are blue; gifted by friends for a project. Except the Bombay gin. I drank that one.
 
I've been noodling this idea for a long time: handpan tone fields? Chimes? Bells? Meanwhile, the bottles had been sitting on the porch, getting...

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