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Wonder Woman Seeks the Truth about Play and Work

Rosemary Senjem — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:25:36 +0000

Wonder Woman was spotted in Oakland, CA, on August 2, waving, smiling and spreading love and joy while helping people cross the street at a farmer’s market and street festival. She was on a quest to find the Truth about Play and Work with her trusty Golden Lasso of Truth.

She let us to follow her around while she interviewed willing and eager citizens, sharing some of their answers with us. Wonder Woman asked each participant, “Do you want speak your Truth about Play and Work?” Each person in turn, purposefully took the Golden Lasso in hand, knowing full well that they could now only tell the Truth.

Wonder Woman: How do you play at work? What do you do for fun?

Sample Participant Responses:

Practical Jokes! I love using big black rubber spiders under things
Doing the hoola hoop and tossing balls in the air, we have a stressful job
Go on the Internet when I’m not supposed to
Being outside and gardening
Have fun with people and eat lunch together
Design shoes with my kids
Laughing at people
Tell jokes
Go to farmer’s market
Eat, play with and design chocolate
Wander around the forest watching primates
Dance
Play with the kids I work with
Play with how to make a space more livable
Draw and build models

Wonder Woman: What are ways you’ve thought about playing at work and haven’t done yet?

Sample Participant Responses:

blowing bubbles
playing harmonica
swear at my boss
stationery bike
get freaky with one of my co-workers
play catch with baseball gloves

Although Wonder Woman is still on her search for the Truth about Play and Work, a pattern is already emerging. It appears that most of the people who are employed by someone else, use diversions to play at work, while people who are self-employed have fun actually doing the work.

Wonder Woman also noted that all of the handful of employees interviewed who played by doing their work, had been doing their jobs 1-2 years and appeared passionate and grateful for the opportunity.

We wish her well on the quest and hope to catch up with her again soon! Thanks Wonder Woman!

A Blessing for Inspired Entrepreneurs

Rosemary Senjem — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:07:29 +0000

May we open to our true desire,
listen to our body’s wisdom,
and play with authenticity.
May we notice connections and opportunity,
give and receive with ease,
and acknowledge companions with gratitude.
May we greet each day
with joyful intention.

What is InterPlay to me?

Rosemary Senjem — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:04:53 +0000

Phil Porter, one of the co-founders of InterPlay, asked for personal reflections on what InterPlay has meant to us. This is my response with bows to all the original crafters of these phrases. If you just want the one word answer, it is FOOD.

What is InterPlay to me?

This is not rocket science.
Although even that seems like it could be easy now.

This is not therapy.
It is therapeutic.

This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.
It’s a custom, tangerine Maserati with funky flower upholstery, purple tinted windows, and the exhaust has the scent of a baby.

This is not what you signed up for.
It is what God intended for you, so live it up!

This is not the Taj Mahal.
Oh! Wait! Maybe it is! My body? Yes! My body IS the Taj Mahal!

This is not the end of the story.
This is the whole big ball-o-wax with popcorn, streamers, ranting, giggles
and big sighs.

No minors are allowed.
No. There are no minors here. We are all MAJOR. MAJOR livers of life!

Livers with onions? If you want…
Livers with Spirit? Absolutely.

Show up. HAVE it. BE it. DO it.
Come out of hiding!
Be who you are.

I sayyyyyed, “BE”
“WHO”
“YOU”
“ARE”

Wow. What a ride.

Living it every which way I can,

Rosemary Senjem