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I love this Jane - and I love creative play too. I really enjoy the random outputs from creative play - which sounds counterintuitive when also saying play doesn’t have any expected outcomes. Yesterday I took myself to the GFT to see a spontaneous film - The History of Sound. Fabulous! I drew faces from the film as I sat watching it in the dark, allowing my pencil to follow the profile of each character, moving between characters as they moved around. Just an eye-to-hand exercise really, but fun, and a good way to relax into the film. They look nothing like the characters but there are a few recognisable faces in there ?

Inspired by the collage conversations and collage course on here. I have been playing with my tiny scraps of dyed fabrics and an old sheet of bonaweb. Had to stop myself thinking 'they could become greeting cards' no, they are just play!

Happy Friday , I enjoyed your chat Jane and it was funny because what you said about the idea of play and your first take on it resonated with me although its mixed feeling for instance on the one hand as a teacher of little ones many moons ago our art sessions would be every table in the room had an array of papers, colours , textures , glitters , paints etc and we would have a common theme say underwater creatures and free reign to interpret however we each thought fit ! it was great fun and produced amazing artwork ! As an adult years later I get very hot under the collar if anyone mention playing charades , card games , board games etc as it also spells pressure, competition, stress, overstimulation and often arguments !!! I tried doodling with my left hand whilst listening to you and came up with a very scribbly snail whom I love !! thankyou

This was lovely! I like the idea of a "play cloth." Thanks for including my silliness. This is the full page of left-handed drawings at the end of our session.