Play: An Excercise 8-21-14

Thursday, August 21, our Conceptual Practices class participated in an exercise to explore the concept of "play."  We were given materials, or toys, and told to play with them for ten minutes.

As an artist, in an art class, I felt constrained by what I expected to produce.  This pressure to create a "work" was totally internal.  I put the pressure on myself and the first half of the exercise was more work than play.

During the second half of the exercise, I was able to relax a bit and enjoy the play dough more than the previous toy which I had never seen before.  However, I was not totally free of the anxiety, centered on making "art."

These pictures are some of the shapes and creations that I made during the exercise.