Beta Watch Out, Sanity Clause
Play is the mediator of the invisible and visible." —Dora M. Kalff
Your imagination is an expansive galaxy to explore. Get in your ship any time and take off!
Right now: Can you think a thought that you've never thought before?
Fun Fact
There's actually an interesting story behind the phrase Sanity Clause. It originated from the 1935 Marx Brothers film "A Night at the Opera," where Groucho Marx famously quipped, "That's what they call a sanity clause," to which Chico Marx responded, "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...you can't fool me. There ain't no sanity clause!"
The phrase has since been used to refer to a clause in a contract that would make the contract invalid if one of the parties became insane. However, it's often used in a more lighthearted way to poke fun at the sometimes absurd nature of legal contracts.
Today's Play
Creative Play: Make an Alphabet Book
By Lilly Fluger | www.lillyarts.com
I love making alphabet books. You can take a small, blank journal or use blank pages to cut and paste into your book later.
In the examples below, I took a 6" x 8" journal and did 2 letters per page and drew on the back as well.
You start with A, and do one a day.
Ideas to Get You Started
Experiment! Fill your pages with:
- pencil or colored pencil or paint, or collage
- cartoons or manga or squiggles
- pen and ink with calligraphy and or careful sketches
- paste in a black and white mandala and color it
- an alphabet of animals or feelings or trees or funny people and give them crazy alphabet names
- draw insects or sea shells or famous movie star caricatures
- make M= Madonna with mango on merry-go-round
- silly or lovely landscapes
One of my favorites is crazy monsters, as wild and colorful as I can think to make them up.
Start anywhere and its crazy how fast fun ideas flow. It is as if the Universe is eager to play through you and with you — flowing you ideas.
Here's a very old one I did many years ago, some examples. I have another with just inspiring words. This got so addictively fun, that when I swim laps, I play the ABC game in my head of fun words that feel great, AND it really does flood me with extra energy.
So just start with A. Don't think about doing the whole alphabet. You can stop anytime, but you'll be surprised that you don't want to. Instead, you want to see what happens, gets created next — by, from, through YOU.
Here's my pictures: I really loved Sandra Boynton, and so I glued in some of her inspiring alphabet critters.
Whenever I return to look at this book, it always cheers me up.
Alphabet Book Gallery
