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Jan
12
Create365: Acting Childish
Filed Under art class, creativity
This was another one of those days where it was useful to combine this with The Escape Plan to have some fun. So…
The Challenge: Add something childlike (not necessarily childish) to your workspace or home.
Originally, I was going to post a picture of one of the many stuffed animal vignettes decorating my room, but I got distracted by a more entertaining idea. After my stirring post on disposable creativity, Mom sent me Play-Doh in my Christmas stocking. I held off opening it as long as I could (because I understand the addictive properties of Play-Doh), but this morning I lost all willpower.
I warmed up with a couple of old favorite designs.
I started with the pinched mug. If you ever played with Play-Doh as a kid, you probably recognize this one. You roll the Play-Doh into a big ball, and then press your thumbs into it, lightly pushing and pinching at it until it’s a cup of some sort.
I moved on to the great challenge of my young creative life — the coiled mug.
I had a full set of Childcraft books as a kid, and the Make and Do volume was one of my favorites. It had a full chapter devoted to playing with clay. I doubt I ever tried to follow more than a couple of their clay patterns, but I was bound and determined to make the coiled mug. I rolled out each coil, with all the patience of an active kid. I scored each coil. I pressed the coils together.
And the mug fell apart.
Now, I now to pinch the inside of the mug so it will stay together and still keep its coiled appearance.
Then I asked myself, “What would grown-up Rebecca make?”
The immediate answer, oddly enough, was a tic-tac-toe board and pieces. So, I rolled, and I pinched, and I flattened. I even like how it all came out.
Of course, I had to try it out, so I challenged Myself to a game. Unfortunately, Myself has been playing for me for years, and I haven’t been playing in recent years. So, Myself took one of my favorite strategies and used it against me. I took the picture while my dignity was still relatively intact.
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