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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... thing called " society " that defends itself against creativity by all the means we've mentioned above : education , specializa- tion , fear of the new , fear of raw creative power . There is no such thing as society , there is no such ...
... thing called " society " that defends itself against creativity by all the means we've mentioned above : education , specializa- tion , fear of the new , fear of raw creative power . There is no such thing as society , there is no such ...
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... thing is generally rec- ognized by physicists in Britain . " We often talk about the Three B's , " he said , " the Bus , the Bath , and the Bed . That's where the great discoveries are made in our science . " WOLFGANG KÖHLER When the ...
... thing is generally rec- ognized by physicists in Britain . " We often talk about the Three B's , " he said , " the Bus , the Bath , and the Bed . That's where the great discoveries are made in our science . " WOLFGANG KÖHLER When the ...
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... thing to do , if only simplicity were not the most difficult of all things.46 Does the poem exist before it is written ? Does the idea exist before it is known ? Definitely ! Where do we go to listen to the music that has not yet been ...
... thing to do , if only simplicity were not the most difficult of all things.46 Does the poem exist before it is written ? Does the idea exist before it is known ? Definitely ! Where do we go to listen to the music that has not yet been ...
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A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
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