This week on the show, we talk about play and rest and how they’re kind of important parts to our creative practice. We talk about giving our minds a rest and letting our bodies take the wheel by choosing low-stakes experiments (waste the page) to loosen perfectionism. On the rest side, we talk about what it is (choice) and isn’t (doomscrolling).
We’re getting a little rebellious with this one—and perhaps even a tad wasteful *gasp*!
References:
Utah Shakespeare Festival - annual summer/fall theatre festival in Cedar City, UT
Into the Woods - 2014 Disney adaptation of the 1986 musical Into the Woods starring Meryl Streep and a bunch of other famous people
“Stay with Me” - song from the 2014 Disney adaptation of the 1986 musical Into the Woods written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Heartburn - novel by Nora Ephron, narrated by Meryl Streep
Tom Lake - novel by Ann Patchett, narrated by Meryl Streep
“Aqueous Transmission” - song by Incubus
“Get Ur Freak On” - song by Missy Elliott
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - novel by Douglas Adams
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, book by Julia Cameron
TIMECODES
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - Get your “frisson”
8:15 - Dance as play
12:16 - Resistance to play
18:13 - When did we stop playing?
29:49 - Rest is radical