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“There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” James P. Carse Credit: Article - Matthew Gault, Time/Photo - sik-life, Pixabay Video Games Are a Great Way to Pass… Continue reading Games People Play
The joy is in the playing. Schroeder Credit: Ryan McGuire, Pixabay Play is those non obligatory activities we do in life. We engage with them primarily for their own sake rather than to produce some kind of outcome and they tend to lead to some positive feeling. Dr. Cathy Hope Dr Cathy Hope, Assistant Professor… Continue reading Adults Can Be More Playful
You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. Maurice Chevalier Credit: Emma Seppala Seven ways laughter can improve your well-being by Emma Seppella (3 min read)
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. Friedrich Nietzche Credit: Article - Luara Ferracioli, Aeon/Photo: Annie Spratt, Unsplash For a child, being carefree is… Continue reading Playing, Reality, Philosophy
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it. Dave Chappelle Credit: Article - Helen Cassidy Page, Medium/Photo - Hannah Rodrigo on Unsplash Can Playing With Toys Help Your Writing? (read: 9 minutes) Credit: Article - Jesus Diaz, Fast Co./Photo - Piekonwencjonalna, Pixabay Lego's Latest Set… Continue reading Play, Adults, Toys
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every faction, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Mihaly Csikszentmihayli Photo Credit: Claremont Graduate University - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Dranoff, Duo Chipak & Kushnir and the Voices of Seraphic Fire (listen… Continue reading Playfulness and Flow….
It's not particularly silly, is it. I mean the right leg isn't silly at all, and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half-turn every alternate step. Minister of Silly Walks Credit: Image - Pixabay, Edward Lear Sketch. Video - CTV News, Toronto Toronto woman establishes "silly walks" zone (watch: 2:30 minutes) Credit: Content… Continue reading Playing At A Distance
You can’t dance and be sad. You can listen to music and cry, you can read and cry, you can draw and cry but you cańt dance and cry. The body wont let you. Esther Perel Credit: @Pixabay OpenCllipart-Vectors / 27420 Muscular Bonding: The Power of Dance and Drill reading time 7 minutes.... Credit: @theschooloflife.com… Continue reading Dare we Dance …. and be Playful!
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. Woody Allen The unbeatable lightness of being (Read 4 minutes) Laughter is a holy thing. It is as sacred as music and silence and solemnity, maybe more sacred. Laughter is like a prayer, like a bridge over which creatures tiptoe to meet each other.… Continue reading Playfulness, the basis of humor
Credit: @ Charles M Schultz Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise. Brene Brown Credit: Danielle Brooker @ Forbes Jan 31, 2019 Get Playfulness Right And You Can Rest Easy Tonight read more.....
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