Reflect

Play is one of the primary (and most fun!) ways we can build connection and community with others. Because play invites risk-taking, creativity, strategy, and trust, we see new facets of one another — a colleague’s quick wit, a friend’s drawing skills, your own willingness to be vulnerable. The inverse is true as well: deny play, and relationships break down. When one group of people attempts to conquer and oppress another, it’s not unusual for certain forms of play to be outlawed because it’s well understood that play — whether a game or music or storytelling — is a powerful form of maintaining connection and reinforcing bonds.