About this episode

Zak and Laura Hawley engage in surrealist games to explore creativity and play.

Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to play some surrealist games. She was last on the show talking about inventing play. A Book of Surrealist Games --- Come to How to Cut the Cheese: A WH Live Show! What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Zak Rosen

Guest: Laura Hawley

Topics covered

• surrealism
• games
• creativity
• play
• mental health

Keywords

• surrealist games
• creativity
• play
• mental health
• Weirdly Helpful

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Book of Surrealist Games

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