PLAY

Play
 
Is the colour of play a summer's day sunrise?
Or a cloudless January day?
Create to make to start the day
To begin the night
The meaning of play:
To not stop, to bet or to gamble,
To crack some eggs. 
A bright spark;
To create an action.
Press Play.
Make the picture move 
Bring motion into play, into the day,
Today.
Roll the dice and take part in the game.
Old English: ‘to exercise’
Intrinsinically motivated.
Lights turning on,
The spotlight turned off,
Come into play.
Go out to drink it all in.
Play a part
Feel free
Play to indulge the path less travelled
The adventurer within. 
Be part of a team,
Find your position,
Memento Mori.
To perform in and on,
Out in front .
Make play within,
Strike and execute.
All of life is but a stage,
To join in 
And jump on.
Engage in activity 
For enjoyment, for recreation
Rather than a serious or 
Practical purpose
Purposefully play.
Move the counter on the board,
Play fast and loose,
Vs play the rules.
Set your guidelines,
In your chosen playground. 
Play it cool and sometimes play to win.
Stage the play,
And mould the clay,
Make great play of the act. 
Don’t stop.
Own a moment for yourself. 
From Middle Dutch: ‘Plesen’
Leap for joy,
Dance, toy and press the button,
To hear a voice.
To not overthink,
To the point of inaction 
Play = Action
Feeling sand and grass and fire and water and earth.
Give rise to the idea,
Let it play out
Bring into play
Others
Maybe play into someone’s hands,
Non-literal.
Focused on means, rather than ends. 
Fundamentally give something a go,
Pressing play. 
Shake up a nervous mind,
Move lightly and quickly,
So as to appear and disappear: flicker.
Free from externally imposed rules.
 
 
Part of the 2025 'Play' collection
 
Original Painting
 
> 103x103cm
> Varnished Acrylic on cotton canvas
> Bespoke handcrafted framing
> Signed