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If you a regular follower of this blog (thank you), and you scroll down a bit, you may notice that today’s post is much shorter than normal.
There are two reasons for this:
1) I am feeling a bit “off”. I have the heater cranked up and the fireplace blasting. It’s 76 degrees in the house and I still just cannot get warm. That with my sudden wheezing makes me think that I’m coming down with something! (Boo!)
2) I have a ton of great reading to do, and some excellent TED videos that I really want to watch.
Since the challenge this week is PLAY, I am going to interrupt my usual programming, and instead spend the afternoon wrapped up in a blanket, drinking hot tea, doing my reading and watching some of the many fascinating, inspiring, and creative TED videos. My dream is to someday attend a TED conference. All that creativity and imagination in one place…oh the possibilities!
All of these (tea, reading, TED) are some of my favorite “downtime” recreational activities, and although they aren’t active play, they are still “fun for the brain”.
They are also things I rarely take time to enjoy; there’s usually too much going on.
One further reason for the shortened post is that Dr. Stuart Brown, a pioneer in PLAY Research, gave an excellent TED talk about why Play is so vital. Unlike most TED talks, this is a longer talk–it’s just over 26 minutes in legnth.
I think it’s worth watching, which means we should get right to it.
Direct Link to the above TED talk: “Stuart Brown says play is more than fun–it’s vital”
Aloha!
May I suggest (for the heat thing) that you grab a heating pad, lie down on the couch (or in bed) and put the pad on your chest. Then turn it on and throw a blanket over yourself. If you heat your core, the rest of your will follow. I had a similar problem recently and it turns out that I was getting sick, but the heating pad worked.
Posted by VickyTH | March 6, 2012, 3:02 pmThanks, I will give that a try. I never thought of doing that!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 6, 2012, 4:12 pmHope you manage to get warm … and will watch the video for sure…!!!
Posted by sorin photography | March 6, 2012, 3:06 pmThanks!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 6, 2012, 4:12 pmIt was worth watching indeed…!!! Thank you!!!
Posted by sorin photography | March 6, 2012, 4:09 pmWeren’t those dogs and polar bear amazing in the beginning? They’re in the wild, yet they start to play…wow!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 6, 2012, 4:13 pmyes they were…!!!
Posted by sorin photography | March 6, 2012, 4:15 pmHope you’re feeling better. I felt exactly like you describe today, but now it seems to be over…
Amazing video …with the polar bear and all that..
Posted by Rebekah | March 6, 2012, 8:10 pmThanks, somewhat better but not great. I’m wiped but I’m in an online class…waiting while he finds something at the moment. Hope you feel better too!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 6, 2012, 8:32 pmHope whatever is trying to get you down doesn’t succeed!
Posted by Russel Ray Photos | March 6, 2012, 10:40 pmThank you. It’s trying and I am fighting back!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 6, 2012, 10:53 pmGreat presentation. I wonder if the cardboardmetravels.com blog counts as play?
Posted by rutheh | March 6, 2012, 11:33 pmSure, why not? We are glad to have Flat Ruthie come here to Maine anytime… alohakarina@live.com
Send me an email!
Posted by AlohaKarina | March 7, 2012, 11:55 am