PORTRAITS OF PLAY

Amidst the ups and downs, there's always the need for PLAY; for children and adults alike.

This creative photography project, Portraits of Play, started in 2023.

Currently still ongoing and portraits will be updated on this page.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realise it is play.

- Alan Watts

It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustian is seen as a status symbol.

- Brené Brown

The opposite of play is not work - the opposite of play is depression.

- Dr. Stuart Brown

Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.

- Diane Ackerman

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

- Fred Rogers

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.

- Carl Jung

Play is the highest form of research.

- Albert Einstein

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

- Joseph Chilton Pearce