The Attitude of Play

Dec 11 2023 11 mins

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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?

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Remodel Play: it's a nut, not a bolt.

Dec 11 2023 14 mins

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 sp

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Aug 15 2023 7 mins

Play requires safety; freedom to be vulnerable

Jun 10 2023 12 mins

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

Garden Jewelry, Cat Fencing, and Kitty Purrs

May 29 2023 17 mins

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

ASMR of lake life, w kitty purrs and stories (use headphones!)

May 24 2023 15 mins

AMSR of lake lifeThis 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 mow

Soul Laughter, with knee slaps and tears.

Apr 30 2023 12 mins

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, ther

Dreams, creating, and what the attitude of play really is.

Apr 30 2023 17 mins

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

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Mar 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 th

Rain Song on Wine Bottles - ASMR Teaser

Jun 20 2022 3 mins

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 bee