Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Play is "In touch"

“Play is Play, but it is also about what it has become, a way and a path, for Play is on the move, Play is changing because of its own influence on those who practise or observe Play. Play has now become a myth and an icon , a symbol of all that is spiritual, a discipline, and a teaching and an awareness, a symbol of devotion and dedication, even an art.” James

There is something deep and challenging going on around "play" It is not what it appears to be, it goes beyond the frames of the mind. It is the "will o whisp", that undefinable ghost within our own intelligence machine. It breaks through our comfort zones, (the maps we have created to bring stability and normality into a reality which has none.)
It unsettles us, simultaneously, as it sets us free to be "in touch". Because of this, we play half hearted, half afraid to play. To frivilise and trivilise , so we can minimilise "in Touch" to brief fragmented moments in our lives.

We wish to be free, yet in our desire for this uncoupling from our own inner and outer frames, we deep down know its demand, its quality of courage, to leap, jump and spring, into a freefalling, where the classical cliche´s such as "Being here and Now" stops drastically short of even attempting to explain what is happening.

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