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It’s important to play

November 2023
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Afternoon Kids in the Garden

I was happy to learn that the word kindergarten came from a German reference to kids playing in the garden!

Unstructured free play is very important for children and adults. If for some reason it is missing from our lives we suffer greatly.

It gives us joy and laughter when we can play either independently or with others.

It helps us maintain a sense of humour.

It is possible to be released from emotional and psychological pain through art play.

Read more from Erika Koenig-Workman

My inspiration to create comes from my Roman Catholic Traditional Faith, family, nature, community, and current contemporary issues that inspire me. I value experimentation in my creative process. I engage with materials that ignite my imagination. Visions and fantasy play a role in my creative process.

I collaborate with other artists and work with ideas on public art projects that positively effect people and communities.

Additionally, I use typography and graphic design elements in my work. I believe words are alive—imbued with thousands of years of meaning.

Letters express their own kind of symbology and speak to every person uniquely. In my creating I endeavor to make the invisible visible.

Erika Koenig-Workman

Richmond, British Columbia

It’s important to play