I Catch My Moment: Art and Writing By Children On the Life of Play

Compiled by Richard Lewis

In this unique collection, Richard Lewis has gathered some of the poignant and insightful ways children have viewed not only their own playing, but also the very life of play as it takes place within the natural world and the universe at large. Selected from the results of an Arts and Education project of the Touchstone Center, these vibrant, poetic writings and artwork reinforce, once again, the necessity of play as a cornerstone of childhood – and the gift of every child to use their playing to shape their world – with imaginative artistry, freshness and exhilaration.
I Catch My Moment
ISBN 978-1-929299-06-5
56 pages • paperbound • $10.00 • Order Form

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I Catch My Moment Video

Touchstone Center Publications is pleased to announce the availability of I Catch My Moment, a video interpretation and rendering by Geoffrey Jones of the book, narrated by Richard Lewis and Clea Rivera.
10 Min, 47 Sec • VHS or DVD • $10.00 • Order Form

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In the Spirit of Play – video

Concurrent with the publication of I Catch My Moment Touchstone Center Publications has reissued, in DVD format, In the Spirit of Play: A Video by Geoffrey Jones, documenting the In the Spirit of Play Project which took place at PS 20, IS 227 and the Children’s Workshop School in New York City. This project was the source of the writings and artwork highlighted in I Catch My Moment.
7 Min, 52 Sec • VHS or DVD • $10.00 • Order Form

…..On double-page spreads, wonderful illustrations are paired with children’s insightful quotes. The reader is first captured by the lively imagery, then revealing statements about the importance of play in children’s creative lives……a highly inspirational volume conjuring up meaningful connections between play and art. This is not a book to simply read through, but a tiny volume to ponder and discuss with children, perhaps even use as a model art room project.
-Ilona Szekely
Advancing Art Education News
National Art Education Association

The beautiful art and writing displayed in I Catch My Moment and the DVD, In the Spirit of Play, recall children’s act of seeing and creating – providing a brilliant illustration of what the Touchstone Center offers: an open door that children are invited to venture through, to engage their minds and hearts to look for the glorious, creative worlds within themselves, and to fully dream their lives through poetry and art.
-Kristin B. Eno
Digital Story Workshop/Little Creatures

This is a tiny gem of a book that combines children’s artwork with their breathtakingly poetic descriptions of play. It’s easy to sense but difficult to explain the ways in which play reaches out to the magical, the extraordinary and the transformative, but this gives a clear-eyed sense of that process.
-Play Times, London, England