Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art"There is an old Sanskrit word, lîla, which means play. Richer than our word, it means divine play, the play of creation, destruction, and re-creation, the folding and unfolding of the cosmos. Lîla, free and deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and the play of God. It also means love. Lîla may be the simplest thing there is--spontaneous, childish, disarming. But as we grow and experience the complexities of life, it may also be the most difficult and hard-won achievement imaginable, and its coming to fruition is a kind of homecoming to our true selves."--Introduction, page 1. |
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... creativity is not a matter of making the material come , but of unblocking the obstacles to its natural flow . There is , therefore , no way to talk about the creative process without mentioning its opposite : the whole slimy , sticky ...
... creativity is not a matter of making the material come , but of unblocking the obstacles to its natural flow . There is , therefore , no way to talk about the creative process without mentioning its opposite : the whole slimy , sticky ...
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... creative processes , we hold onto both poles . If we let go of play , our work becomes ponderous and stiff . If we let go of the sacred , our work loses its connec- tion to the ground on which we live . Knowledge of the creative process ...
... creative processes , we hold onto both poles . If we let go of play , our work becomes ponderous and stiff . If we let go of the sacred , our work loses its connec- tion to the ground on which we live . Knowledge of the creative process ...
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... voice within the Earth . Creativity arises from play , but play is not necessarily linked to values . Commitment and love are . There is not a creative process . There are many creative processes , with ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE 183.
... voice within the Earth . Creativity arises from play , but play is not necessarily linked to values . Commitment and love are . There is not a creative process . There are many creative processes , with ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE 183.
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
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