Change doesn't have to so be painful.
Disney' s Mary Poppins showed us that play is powerful, that little things matter & can create powerful change! We can use the transformative power of play to create the changes we wish to see in our lives & the world.
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The magic of PLAY, helps us to lighten up & by adding more elements of fun, we can live more play-fully!
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Laughter allows us to join the great sweep of life & play can help liberate us from conformity, convention, & the habitual ruts of routine, when they no longer serve us.
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There are many ways to play, choose yours below . . . .
A supernova remnant of Cassiopeia A that exploded 325 years ago. A beautiful example of cosmic death & rebirth. Courtesy JPL
Cosmic Play, the Eternally Returning pattern of death& rebirth. See how it plays out archetypally in Mary Poppins!
Begin here to get a taste of PLAY at its most archetypal level.
Join Rick O'Shea & Tele Sphoros, your tour guides for this topsy turvy adventure which takes us from the macrocosm & the planetary archetypes through to microcosm to see this pattern at play in our lives, our world & in Mary Poppins.
The Biggest Words
"Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious" isn't the only word that can change your life!
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Learn more about the words that help us see the magic that awaits inside of Disney's Mary Poppins. These words will lead you to other places, too!
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Many of these words are related, & playfully relate to each other. You can always come back here to refresh yourself about their meanings!
Cast & Crew
Start here to meet the cast & crew of Disney's Mary Poppins. as well as some special friends. . .
Rick O'Shea & Tele Sphoros will be our tour guides, on the adventure! They are conveniently located on this page here as well because they will be playing out different ideas & scenes along the way.
Coming Attractions
Coming soon: book, a playbook, an online playshop & more!
Like play itself, this project is always transforming. It began it's life with a paper in 2000, & turned into a dissertation chapter in 2005.
Click below if you'd like to learn more about how it is still constantly changing, & revealing much more magic!
You can also learn more about other future offerings & get a copy of the paper or dissertation chapter.
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An early unfinished drawing of Mary's Carpetbag.
I took the time to "play around" with it, adding an image from JPL. [Click here to see more about that]
Play has its own wisdom, if we make room for it, "the most unusual things happen."
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In fact as we learned in the Disney & Cameron Mackintosh's theatrical version of Mary Poppins "Anything Can Happen If You Let It!"
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