<p>This week on the show, we talk about play and rest and how they’re kind of important parts to our creative practice. We talk about giving our minds a rest and letting our bodies take the wheel by choosing low-stakes experiments (waste the page) to loosen perfectionism. On the rest side, we talk about what it is (choice) and isn’t (doomscrolling).</p><p>We’re getting a little rebellious with this one—and perhaps even a tad wasteful *<em>gasp</em><em><strong>*</strong></em><em>!</em></p><p><br><strong>References:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.bard.org" target="_blank">Utah Shakespeare Festival</a> - annual summer/fall theatre festival in Cedar City, UT</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-a8341b17-97f7-4245-aa3c-3b500c4a6bca" target="_blank"><em>Into the Woods</em></a> - 2014 Disney adaptation of the 1986 musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods" target="_blank"><em>Into the Woods</em></a> starring Meryl Streep and a bunch of other famous people</p></li></ul><li><ul><li>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg4nc74lNss" target="_blank">Stay with Me</a>” - song from the 2014 Disney adaptation of the 1986 musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods" target="_blank"><em>Into the Woods</em></a><em> </em>written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Heartburn-Audiobook/B009S8FXS4?creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&pageLoadId=LD4Mr5XlP0DRTyHD&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=2HTFD3Q59TMWFWE7HCZQ&plink=3J4tdIJXERjNrPWR&qid=1759426304&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><em>Heartburn</em></a> - novel by Nora Ephron, narrated by Meryl Streep</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Tom-Lake-Audiobook/B0BQ161QW5?creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&pageLoadId=kCHQodWWvzuB3Ico&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=PNH8719ETY75FPPQX7TP&plink=t4Uky1yIYtfnA6N7&qid=1759426328&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><em>Tom Lake</em></a> - novel by Ann Patchett, narrated by Meryl Streep</li><li>“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5M67k54BVUDADZPryaqV1y" target="_blank">Aqueous Transmission</a>” - song by Incubus</li><li>“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6zsk6uF3MxfIeHPlubKBvR" target="_blank">Get Ur Freak On</a>” - song by Missy Elliott</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" target="_blank"><em>The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</em></a> - novel by Douglas Adams</li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/615570.The_Artist_s_Way" target="_blank"><em>The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity</em></a>, book by Julia Cameron </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>TIMECODES</strong><br>0:00 - Intro<br>2:04 - Get your “frisson”<br>8:15 - Dance as play<br>12:16 - Resistance to play<br>18:13 - When did we stop playing?<br>29:49 - Rest is radical</p></li>