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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... materials to create , and there is no evidence that being well fed or able to enjoy life damages the creative process . But necessity forces us to improvise with the material at hand , calling up resourcefulness and inventiveness that ...
... materials to create , and there is no evidence that being well fed or able to enjoy life damages the creative process . But necessity forces us to improvise with the material at hand , calling up resourcefulness and inventiveness that ...
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... material at hand : a bricoleur is a kind of jack - of - all- trades or handyman who can fix anything . In popular movies , the power of bricolage is symbolized by the resourceful hero who saves the world with a Swiss army knife and a ...
... material at hand : a bricoleur is a kind of jack - of - all- trades or handyman who can fix anything . In popular movies , the power of bricolage is symbolized by the resourceful hero who saves the world with a Swiss army knife and a ...
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... material that resurfaces ; it is we who resurface , more ripe and ready to bear the material . At the actual moment when free play breaks through , we no longer know or care about any of these phases ; the playing plays itself . In the ...
... material that resurfaces ; it is we who resurface , more ripe and ready to bear the material . At the actual moment when free play breaks through , we no longer know or care about any of these phases ; the playing plays itself . In the ...
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
Copyright | |
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