Photo by Cyron.
Play is a colour-full activity. It abounds with sparkles of delight and paintbrush strokes of joy.
In response to a comment on my blog, I once said that I really enjoy looking through flickr to find pictures for my blog posts. Since then I've started uploading my own photos onto flickr, sharing them with the world for others to enjoy.
'There is an unnecessary gap in today's world between the world-changers and the life-celebrators.'
Harvey Cox
In which Nietzsche is quoted in a subheading.
When playing, children push at the boundaries of who they are, learn new skills, and develop their imagination. Becoming an adult, it is possible to lose sight of the need to try new things, to break out of one's comfort zone once in a while.
Photo by quarxdmz.
In which you will discover Magical Moments, Magical Writing, and Magical Inspiration.
Welcome to Issue 2 of playing in the blogosphere, the guide to playful blog posts across the realms of cyberspace. Following my post on Magical Enchantment I've started seeing magic everywhere. It's amazing what you see when your eyes are open to it.
Photo by David Masters.
Do you believe in fairies?
Photo by David Masters.
Standing in my yard at the back of my city house in Manchester is a garden gnome. In the midst of endless grey skies and dull red buildings, the gnome is a rupture of colour, a moment of brightness to my day when I notice him amidst the plants. He also reminds me to keep my eyes open for fairies and magical moments.
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"What would it mean to live your life in the modern world - to be active and purposeful with politics and technology and money - if you believed that play was more important to human beings than work?
"What would happen if the values of playing (improvising, fantasy, abundance) were more integral, more ennobling - more ethical, in short - than the values of working (routine, self-denial, propriety)?"
Pat Kane
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