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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... never have been said before and may never be said again . Every conver- sation is a form of jazz . The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing . Whether we are creating high art or a meal , we impro- vise ...
... never have been said before and may never be said again . Every conver- sation is a form of jazz . The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing . Whether we are creating high art or a meal , we impro- vise ...
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... never before seen , which is never- theless a natural outgrowth of the artist's original nature . A moiré , a crossing or marriage of two patterns , becomes a third pattern that has a life of its own . Even simple moirés made from ...
... never before seen , which is never- theless a natural outgrowth of the artist's original nature . A moiré , a crossing or marriage of two patterns , becomes a third pattern that has a life of its own . Even simple moirés made from ...
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... never before surfaced . Fitting the feeling to- gether with the form , re - saying and reworking the poem many times , elicits aspects of the feeling that I would never have thought of if I had expressed it in just any form at all ...
... never before surfaced . Fitting the feeling to- gether with the form , re - saying and reworking the poem many times , elicits aspects of the feeling that I would never have thought of if I had expressed it in just any form at all ...
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
Copyright | |
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