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Magic winter out there

𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔

frost pattern on my window panes. I think it looks very playful and beautiful. Like a magical picture from the old winter.

Bedroom Guest in Los Angeles An illustration of a medium-sized traditional guest bedroom with a dark wood floor and a brown floor, multicolored walls, and no fireplace

I never thought I would totally drop my panties for you but... Whoops! 🤭

Whoops! There goes my panties 🫦

😏 @pantyteaze 😏

You know that play is an essential and profound part of humanity when it's inspired countless works of art.

Girl on the swings, 1953.

Photo: Ernst Haas via Design You Trust

Playground art.

Rocks On Wheels, 2022, Mike Hewson                    

Rocks On Wheels is sculpture park playground consisting of 24 large monolithic bluestone boulders on domestic-scale furniture dollies.

88 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne, VIC

My practice is largely focused on play as an artistic and pedagogical activity and philosophy. I recently wrote an essay called "Form, Function and Fun: Playgrounds as Art Education," about the fun and informative history of artist created playgrounds. In addition to several examples of actual playgrounds created by artists, I include a tried and true example of a lesson I like to use where students make their own paper playgrounds. You can read my essay here.

Image: One of Khor Ean Ghee’s dragon playgrounds in front of a community housing development in Toa Payoh, Singapore. Photograph by Jimmy Tan, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Vivien Collens, Froebel’s Gifts: Blue Circuit, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

Vivien’s "broken cube" sculptural motif is an ode to Fröbel's Gifts. The cube is a module that enables Collens to explore her aesthetic ideas in an active, hands-on manner that combines guided and spontaneous artistic processes. "Broken cube" is a key component of Collens’ "Froebels Gifts" sculpture series (2017-ongoing). The title of the collective body of work references processes and products associated with Fröbel and his active learning methodologies.

On the Artfully Learning Audio Series, Vivien and I discuss her work within the context of education, specifically the influence of Friedrich Fröbel, a eighteenth century educational reformer who is notable for developing the first modern kindergartens. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-uDm961e8&t=1062s

Bedroom New York Inspiration for a large eclectic loft-style bedroom remodel with blue walls and a light wood floor.

What is your own definition of: Headspace

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(School holidays for us ✨️✨️✨️)