14/03/2024
WHY PLAYING IN THE MUD IS MORE THAN JUST FUN
As a child, I was drawn to MUD. Some of my fondest childhood memories saw me covered in the stuff, head to toe.
Dirt and water… 2 very simple and basic ingredients have and continue to be the source of so much activity, creativity, joy, and sensory fun for children and adults.
Do you remember what it felt like to squelch mud through your toes? Do you remember standing on the edge of the mud pit, looking in with hesitation, repulsion, wonder and awe.
Mud is amazing, how it can conjure up such polarizing feelings, how this simple substance can make us feel disgusted and revolted at the same time so joyous, inspired and alive. Amazing.
This grubby, gooey, sticky substance always seemed to have magical powers on me as a child. In its presence, so much is possible. Simply standing in it fires up my imagination! I become inspired.
Even when I am holding mud in my hands today, I still feel as though I can create anything. I am transported very quickly into a playful child-like state of mind. And there is no greater pleasure than giving yourself permission to get dirty!
