The Day I Forgot How to Play

play is how children learn; art is how adults play

(A watercolor painting of my glasses)

I recently read a small, delightful book, What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette A., and in it, they note that “play is how children learn, art is how adults play.” That started me thinking.

I don’t remember the exact moment I lost the ability to play, but I realized I had lost it only when I was i…