I've been collaborating with Ashley Addair + Rebecca Ridner on the revolutionary (not really) idea of P L A Y, but in the realm of adulthood + figuring out how to incorporate it into ritualistic playdates that we can offer individuals as well as our communities, in an artistic, creative, fun and healing way!

In the doldrums of winter, we decided to meet up weekly with a vague agenda of "play" and what transpired was ridiculously childish hours of dancing, talking, wardrobe changing, (multiple times in one hour) making and unmaking, all while I documented through words + images. The result was life changing. Giving myself permission to engage in P L A Y with other people resulted in a major mood boost! I wanted to be an adult so bad and now at 46, I am implementing childish gestures back into my little world and it is healing.

I found that as adults, we need P L A Y just like children do!! It releases the negative energy + increases serotonin levels. We need time to forget about our ever evolving to do lists and rally into the unknowns and the what ifs. In a society so hell bent on conformity in the way of clothing, what we watch, what we listen to, and what is on trend --

 

P L A Y as an act of rebellion!!

                                                                               

                                                                               

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