Why more play is the key to creativity and productivity
"Adult recess and other apparently ridiculous activities may be one of the best ways to feel, work, and be better.
Some adults with high-powered jobs aren’t spending their lunch breaks meeting with clients, but are playing kickball and hopscotch instead. Still, other adults are buying coloring books — not to develop a skill, but to mindlessly shade in pre-drawn lines in bright primary colors. There are even consultants whose careers are based on teaching businesses how to incorporate more playtime into the workday.
It might be tempting to dismiss this craving for play as another quirk of the ostensibly over-coddled millennial generation, but if recent research is to be believed, more playtime actually keeps us healthy and makes us more productive and creative. Unsurprisingly, humanity’s natural condition isn’t to stuff themselves into suits and ties and manipulate spreadsheets all day. Human beings like and need to be creative, and sometimes that creative spark needs to be nourished, even with something as apparently insane as adult recess or coloring books..." from the article: Why more play is the key to creativity and productivity
Video from Craft in America
Craft in America: PLAY episode
" craftinamerica.org. PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us. Featuring piñata artists Roberto Benavidez and Lorena Robletto, puppeteer Schroeder Cherry, artist Calder Kamin, and Noah’s Ark at the Skirball Cultural Center and the Cotsen Children’s Library. PLAY episode is now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings). For more info about Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org. All Craft in America programs are viewable on craftinamerica.org, the PBS iPhone/iPad app, and pbs.org/craft-in-america " from the video introduction
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