Free Play

Image credit: Gina Greenlee, paint and ink

An excerpt from Free Play, Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch:

“Precisely because the standing of posterity is so tenuous, art is now more relevant than it has ever been. And again, I mean not just art but artfulness: playfulness, seriousness, connectedness, structure, wholeness and heart…

“…This means an explosion of creativity into areas of life where it has been largely excluded. Looking at international politics, looming multiple ecological and economic catastrophes, resurgences of fundamentalist fanaticism and racisms, it is fair to say that conventional logic and conventional ideas have brought us to an impasse. What can pull us out is the fresh perception fostered by a creative attitude, as well as openness to the free play of possibilities.”

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