Everyday we are confronted on the news with political instability. Lodged between threats of nuclear war, to gun-violence on our domestic shores, to wildfires in our backyards---it's hard to imagine a world replete with joy.
Which is precisely why our world needs more of it, and many, many colored pencils.
Prague, Czech Republic
And I don't mean colored pencils in a literal sense, but in an ephemeral sense---so we might learn how to color our imaginations more, explore a deeper kind of reflection, allowing each other a safe space to scribble outside the lines and form new ways of seeing and being.
For every doctor, nurse, dental hygienist or lab technician encouraged to join the ranks of esteemed society, may our all-too-entrenched institutions and mindsets also not forget that there is just as much a need to cultivate our many other forms of imagination--the rule-breakers, the makers, the entrepreneurs, the trailblazers---who perhaps in their nature do not save lives, but remind us of the very essence for why some of us do, so we remember to live it---in all its joy, in encouragement of others, simply in its delight.
To this end, Playfull will be embarking on an experiment: spotlighting modern-day-explorers to address society's need for a daily dose of color and many many colored pencils. Stay tuned. <3