Amazon’s advertisement: “We are the People With the Smile on the Box,” brought media ecologist Neil Postman to mind. On page 20 of his book Technopoly, he says: New technologies alter the structure of our interests: the things we think about. They alter the character of our symbols: the things we think with. And they … Continue reading
Category Archives: What’s on my mind
Play – and Doing Nothing
When we talk about play in my workshops, it’s usually in relation to the importance of play for young children. What about play for adults: play, relaxation-and, doing nothing? In a synchronistic Christmas moment, everyone in my family gave everyone else art supplies: paints, little canvases, clay. We painted and sculpted for hours, like kids … Continue reading
Serious About Play
Let’s talk about free play: problem solving and imaginative experimentation. Did you notice the words after the colon in the preceding sentence? That explanatory phrase is one way of addressing a difficulty we face in approaching the subject of play: language. The word “play” often implies, as http://www.dictionary.com says: “the opposite of work”. Can’t be … Continue reading
