Playing & Reality: Winnicott, creativity and play

The Centre for the Humanities & Health and the Centre for Modern Literature & Culture join forces to bring together a novelist, visual artist, and psychoanalyst to discuss Winnicott’s ideas. Deborah Levy, Olivier Castel, and Brett Kahr are in conversation with Kate Shovron, discussing why Winnicott is so popular today? How important is play in today’s culture? What is the relationship between play and creativity?

[@janeturner3328]

I think Deborah talking about the string, was also perhaps missing her own babies. And it was rather a phallic tower, singular, very exciting, but it became more balanced, a couple of smaller towers, that got her home, and enabled to provide the food for her daughter. What a wonderful story.

[@markgoldby6502]

A powerful and interesting subject executed terribly.

[@zaneleadley5348]

Can you recommend any other material on this subject?

[@markgoldby6502]

@@zaneleadley5348 yes! A book by Elly Thomas, 'Play and the Artist's Creative Process'

[@zaneleadley5348]

@@markgoldby6502 Cheers!

[@zaneleadley5348]

@@markgoldby6502 If you have any other leads, please send em over. It's a fascinating topic that I am combining into a research thesis.

[@edgarcaro2492]

@@markgoldby6502 that book is so great!

[@jamesp8095]

Stopped watching at the string story... what was the relevance.

[@janeturner3328]

It was symbolic

[@netalieshalom]

Amazing Talk!

[@Coco-je8pz]

seriously? interestingly, what was so amazing about this talk?

[@truthlivingetc88]

the French guy was a monstrosity of pretence-humourlessness-unplayfulness

[@edoardorizzuti7162]

how people can give a speech when felling so uncomfortable!

[@Coco-je8pz]

came here in the hope of finding something substantial and credential about donald woods winnicott. but to much disappointment, I came to witness about others' uncertainties, opinions and shallow experiences about playing and reality. it is playing and reality and not play and reality, btw. come on, you guys are doctors and public speakers for a reason. don't make it like a child's play. I felt like I wasted 1:23:03 of my life here. not impressed at all. not in the least.

[@zaneleadley5348]

Any new alternatives/new leads on play that you have found since?

[@jacfalcon]

Probably smart people with helpful things to say, but ultimately very boring talk. It's like all small talk about the subject without actually getting into it.

[@Lucygracenorris1]

Gosh this is badly executed considering the subject is playfulness.

[@zazatripo]

So much of good old british falseness

[@nancywysemen7196]

scale of video not helpful. better art direction for your future. if computer was in my bedroom,i'd lay down and listen.

[@henrikemoll5136]

This is disappointing. Wanted to learn more about Winnicott and learned about rotten bananas instead.

[@yancagolembieski]

You just read my mind 😵‍💫