
Free Play
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about where art in the widest sense comes from. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in...
Location:
United States
Description:
Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about where art in the widest sense comes from. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. Free Play is directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity. Filled with unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors, it reveals how inspiration arises within us; how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed, or obscured by certain unavoidable facts of life; and how it can finally be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. It brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had. Duration - 5h 58m. Author - Stephen Nachmanovitch. Narrator - Robertson Dean. Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026. Copyright - © 2019 Stephen Nachmanovitch ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:08
Prologue: A New Flute
Duration:00:05:20
Introduction
Duration:00:20:40
The Sources
Duration:00:00:04
Inspiration and Time's Flow
Duration:00:15:20
The Vehicle
Duration:00:09:27
The Stream
Duration:00:09:02
The Muse
Duration:00:11:03
Mind at Play
Duration:00:16:40
Disappearing
Duration:00:10:36
The Work
Duration:00:00:04
Sex and Violins
Duration:00:14:24
Practice
Duration:00:22:34
The Power of Limits
Duration:00:19:35
The Power of Mistakes
Duration:00:11:12
Playing Together
Duration:00:13:18
Form Unfolding
Duration:00:21:22
Obstacles and Openings
Duration:00:00:05
Childhood's End
Duration:00:21:07
Vicious Circles
Duration:00:13:42
The Judging Spectre
Duration:00:13:08
Surrender
Duration:00:13:02
Patience
Duration:00:08:59
Ripening
Duration:00:18:43
The Fruits
Duration:00:00:04
Eros and Creation
Duration:00:14:03
Quality
Duration:00:20:34
Art for Life's Sake
Duration:00:18:14
Heartbreakthrough
Duration:00:14:32
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:51