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The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart

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By Julia Cameron — 1997

In the Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart, Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, draws from her remarkable teaching experience to help readers reach out into ever-broadening creative horizons. See more...

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SARK’s whimsical, hand-printed, hand-painted books . . . are guides for adults (kids, too) who long to play and be creative, but have forgotten how.

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Very Creative Kids in Africa!

What do kids in Africa play with? How do they spend their time without Lego, XBox or Wii? This is a short documentary, shot in the south of Congo, during the making of a fictional movie, ‘A Clay Cellular Phone.’

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A Place to Play, on Wheels or Feet

At other parks, she said: “I feel alone because nobody wants to play with me. They think I’m weird. When I come here, everybody wants to play with me.

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Connection Interventions in Play Therapy for Children with Autism

In this clip, Dr. Robert Jason Grant demonstrates three AutPlay connection interventions that can be used in play therapy when working with autistic and neurodivergent children.

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How Play Therapy Works for Special Needs Children | Gross Motor Skills | Al Bayan

PLAY THERAPY include sessions of constructive play to initiate positive social, moral and behavioural roles in special kids. It calm their tantrums and help them self regulate themselves.

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Kalispell Sensory Gym Provides Kids with Disabilities Safe Place to Play

Owner April Schottelkorb says the gym includes special features to help accommodate children with diverse needs.

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May 20, 1990: Advice on Life and Creative Integrity from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson

On May 20, 1990, Bill Watterson, creator of the beloved Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, took the podium at Kenyon College — the same stage David Foster Wallace would occupy 15 years later to deliver his memorable commencement address — and gave the graduating class a gift of equally remarkable insight...

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Be a Sport

“The sacredness of a sporting event is that individuals rise beyond their limitations, achieving a state of abandon that is usually known only at the peak of spirituality.

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Diane Ackerman on the Evolutionary and Existential Purpose of Deep Play

“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary miracles.”

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In Defense of Play

The “elaborate detour” of having fun pays cognitive dividends.

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Self-Actualization