I'm working this morning on a circle journal entry - the subject: Play.
And it's really hard for me.
I don't play, really - at least not in the traditional sense.
When I think of traditional "play," I think of outdoor pursuits, sports, board games, tag, dodgeball, and all sorts of things that make me have that same nervous twinge I felt in seventh grade volleyball games when it was my turn to serve.
See, I was terrible. At most all sports. I just had no natural ability.
In high school, I was a cheerleader, which I was great at (except for the dancing - I'm a terrible dancer) because I was FULL of spirit and loud and organized and a leader and very comfortable in front of a crowd.
And so I began my finding my way into the world of play...
I play cards. There's a long history of grown-ups playing pinochle late into the night in my family - which Asia and I have carried on with my parents. I love to play cards.
I play with photography. Trying different lenses and settings and angles and light...
I play with art. Paint and paper and glue and glitter and design and balance and messy fingers.
I play with my kids. I love to get goofy with them - surprising them with off the wall comments and non-traditional Mommy behavior.
I play with my dog. Tug of war. Fetch. Chase. Training. She really makes me play.
I play with Asia. Nobody makes me laugh harder.
I play with my girlfriend Brooke. Crazy girl.
I play at work with new products - making samples - helping people see how they can use things in new and different ways.
I play piano.
I play in the kitchen with flour and sugar and frosting and chocolate chips and cinnamon and oodles and oodles of recipes.
I play.
How do you play?
And it's really hard for me.
I don't play, really - at least not in the traditional sense.
When I think of traditional "play," I think of outdoor pursuits, sports, board games, tag, dodgeball, and all sorts of things that make me have that same nervous twinge I felt in seventh grade volleyball games when it was my turn to serve.
See, I was terrible. At most all sports. I just had no natural ability.
In high school, I was a cheerleader, which I was great at (except for the dancing - I'm a terrible dancer) because I was FULL of spirit and loud and organized and a leader and very comfortable in front of a crowd.
And so I began my finding my way into the world of play...
I play cards. There's a long history of grown-ups playing pinochle late into the night in my family - which Asia and I have carried on with my parents. I love to play cards.
I play with photography. Trying different lenses and settings and angles and light...
I play with art. Paint and paper and glue and glitter and design and balance and messy fingers.
I play with my kids. I love to get goofy with them - surprising them with off the wall comments and non-traditional Mommy behavior.
I play with my dog. Tug of war. Fetch. Chase. Training. She really makes me play.
I play with Asia. Nobody makes me laugh harder.
I play with my girlfriend Brooke. Crazy girl.
I play at work with new products - making samples - helping people see how they can use things in new and different ways.
I play piano.
I play in the kitchen with flour and sugar and frosting and chocolate chips and cinnamon and oodles and oodles of recipes.
I play.
How do you play?
We play at a lot of the same things!
ReplyDeleteI play at my scrapbook table, on the piano (my first musical love), on the guitar (the instrument I'm struggling to love--I'm pretty much a beginner), with my husband when we are lucky enough to have enough free time together to remember what dating was like, with my kids when I remember to take a break from all those pressing responsibilites to focus on these precious little ones who grow too fast, and with my yarn and needles. (I still haven't decided if that's play or work--I started knitting out of a compulsive need to have busy hands at all moments of the day, so this is my "watching a movie" activity.)
I occasionally "play" in the kitchen, but although I enjoy cooking, it is too much of a regular routine, necessity-type item for me to call it play. It's just something I do.
Bless you! Please post pictures of the journal when you're done! (Or remind me to check your 2 Peas gallery.)
I play Scrabble ;)
ReplyDeleteWant to play, too?
hhmm I will ponder this one and get back to you :)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, this is a great CJ theme. I think I may use it the next time I do a circle journal. What a fun subject to ponder. How do I play? Hmmmm, that is really a good question. I don't play in the kitchen cuz I hate to cook. I don't play with the dog cuz he slobbers on me and makes me nuts. I do play with my kids - word play, which is a fun way to play. And when we are all giggling, then I consider that to be the best sort of play on earth.
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