Episode 10: The Power of Play (with guest Sherry Richert Belul)

What does play have to do with creativity? Could a hula hoop help you finish your book project? In this episode, we argue about what is play, anyway—is it something you set time aside for? Or something that is always available to you? And how might it help your creative life? Then we are joined by author and happiness coach Sherry Richert Belul to get her take on our two questions: 1) How does play inform your creative process? and 2) What’s an example of a project that has been shaped by play? We’d love your feedback on these questions, too!Episode Notes:Meet our new production wizard, Rob DozierPlay: How it shapes the brain, opens the imagination and invigorates the soul by Stuart Brown, M.D.Playing at Work: Organizational Play as a Facilitator of Creativity, dissertation by Samuel WestChristie’s spam poetry on Last Word on NothingRosemerry’s collaborative book of three-line poems, Even NowSnark Week: The Wrath of the Sloth on Last Word on NothingSlaughterhouse Five, by Kurt VonnegutSherry Richert Belul and Simply CelebrateSay It Now: 33 ways to say I love you to the most important people in your lifeSecret Agents of Change Facebook Group***Wild Rose Shops for a Bathing Suit         —Rosemerry Wahtola TrommerNot the full-coverage shorts.Not the black one-piecewith the ruffle around the hips.She wants to show off some skin.She doesn’t care who’s looking.Or who’s not.She’s got flesh and a lot of it.A woman needs weight in the world.Damn, she is getting hot just thinkingabout the way the sun likes to touch her.She finds a strapless bikiniin her favorite color, brilliant magenta.Barely a bottom. Perfect.Another suit in hunter orange.She plans to be swimming with sharksand wants them to know she is there.God, she loves shopping for bathing suits.She could do it all day with that long tri-fold mirrorthat knows she gives squatabout who’s the loveliest of all,but dang, how could she not noticehow great it is to have hips, like hers,how fine to have some real meat to swing around. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe