"Joy, temperance and repose
slam the door on the doctor's nose."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, whoever he was, quoted by Art of Play workshop facilitator Ann Theato
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play is good. joy is good. it usually comes with alcohol or god. or goals. or competition. or sitting around.
so what if you just want the play, without the other stuff? take it away and things can become weird, but also much more fun.
so is it possible to take the fun and leave the weird, and put it on a london high street in a way that normal people will pick up and play with?
that's our job. to find out. I'm R&D lady. this is my blog.
About me
- Briony Greenhill
- I am a musician, teacher and innovator. www.brionygreenhill.com
Hi Briony,
ReplyDeleteThanks for starting this site! I have a blog on Peace and I have come to understand that Play is one of the antidotes to violence.
There is also the National Institute of Play http://www.nifplay.org/ that you might want to investigate. You have inspired me to do a post on Play soon.
Thanks Dan Amato
If you are interested, my blog is: buildingalegacyofpeace.org