About the Artist

Hi! I am Jenn, the human behind PLAI. It is hard to put into words the back story of PLAI, maybe because it still has so much to unfold, but I will do my best! In the beginning there was a Big Bang… ha! No, I wont do that to my readers.. but funny enough I could theorize a story of plai starting then!

My inspiration in life since I can remember has been the idea of adventures and exploring. While enjoying challenging things to discover, I quickly learned that the most complex discovery would be of myself. This led to my college career of studying art therapy. I remember thinking, ‘well, art seems like a great resource for this passion, so why not!’

My heart guided me to soak in all opportunities to study the wonders of the ‘self’ especially self-healing through multiple modalities. This led me down the energy therapy path, where I was able to play with intentions with a mindful focus. I discovered when they are applied, really amazing things can happen to your experiences.

Nature, was one of my best teachers. There is no true art like nature. As I developed my art in school I quickly learned what a good explorative tool it could be as lessons naturally emerged with each creative experience.

Now 10 years later, wow yes 10 years since I first started this journey of learning I am so excited to share and learn more with you! 10 years ago I began my schooling to become an art therapist and within that time I soaked in more than I could ever have imagined prior. My favorite subject in life is humans and our completely wonderful complex nature. We are quite incredible! Seriously, you can trust me… I’ve been studying us for ten years!

We always have a special trait that brings a gift to the community and I discovered mine is Play.

This is where the story begins. This is where PLAI is born.

PLAI surpasses our understanding of the word play and becomes so much more. PLAI becomes a philosophy, a way of living, a mindset, and my favorite ~ a healing.

PLAI’s mission is to spread the message of freedom. FREEDOM. Freedom of unnecessary heaviness, judgment, expectation, preconceived notions, limited thinking, work attitude, and most importantly ~ freedom from stress!

PLAI’s mission is to spread joy in the unknown, in imagination, in curiosity, in trusting your self and your instincts. To see we can CREATE BEYOND THE CANVAS. We have the freedom to create in our lives. And guess what you have the ability to create beautiful joyful things! We just somehow along the way lost faith in that. PLAI wants to restore that faith. PLAI just wants restore what comes naturally. These discoveries of PLAI can be found everywhere from deep ancient origins to new up and coming self-healing tactics.

Thank you so dearly for joining in on PLAI, your witness of PLAI’s journey on its mission is what will help spread this message. I am all for collaborating! If this message calls to you, reach out! Let’s connect! This message is bigger than me and I hope to see it spread further lightening hearts across the world with joy & creativity.

Practice & Play

Wishing you Free,

Jenn Matthes