Friday, August 16, 2002
Playfulness and Creativity
Here's an excerpt from Persona, a site devoted to self-hypnosis.
"In order to create, play must be an indispensable ingredient in your life; that is, often you will need to play with materials, concepts, perspectives, and to direct yourself away from those things that are real-to fantasize. Carl Jung has said, 'Without playing with fantasy, no creative work has yet come into being.'
"Part of the reason children are so innately creative in their actions and their speech is that they engage frequently in fantasy. if you are a painter or sculptor, play with your materials. If you are a writer, play with dialogue, become your characters, assign Aunt Martha's speech habits to seven-year-old Jason. If you're a dancer, try dancing the way your name feels, the way a fire siren looks in the air, the way an orange sounds. State the experiment to yourself, then try it out."
"In order to create, play must be an indispensable ingredient in your life; that is, often you will need to play with materials, concepts, perspectives, and to direct yourself away from those things that are real-to fantasize. Carl Jung has said, 'Without playing with fantasy, no creative work has yet come into being.'
"Part of the reason children are so innately creative in their actions and their speech is that they engage frequently in fantasy. if you are a painter or sculptor, play with your materials. If you are a writer, play with dialogue, become your characters, assign Aunt Martha's speech habits to seven-year-old Jason. If you're a dancer, try dancing the way your name feels, the way a fire siren looks in the air, the way an orange sounds. State the experiment to yourself, then try it out."
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