print / present / list / cycle(s)
the ambiguity of play
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call-and-response is one of the oldest forms of music, ritual, theatre and dance
free play, improvisation in life and art, p. 105
... these interreflecting themes, the prerequisites of creation, are playfulness, love, concentration, practice, skill, unsing the power of limits, using the power of mistakes, risk, surrender, patience, courage and trust.
free play, improvisation in life and art, p. 155
idea(s)
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/ twinkle(s) / difference(s)
we shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time![]()
T.S. Eliot:
free play
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... the professionalism of technique and the flash of dexterity are more comfortable to be around than raw creative power.
free play, improvisation in life and art
there are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of creative fire.
Carl Jung, cited from free play, p. 191
the heart of improvisation is the free play of consciousness as it draws, writes, paints the raw material from unconsciousness.
Such play entails a certain degree of risk.
free play, improvisation in life and art, p.9
how we are finally liberated -- to speak, or sing, write or paint, with our own authentic voice.
free play, improvisation in life and art
the ambiguity of play
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.. duration has traditionally been one of the greatest measures of quality
free play, improvisation in life and art
the ambiguity of play
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/ story
the use of silence in teaching becomes very powerful
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love story / free play, improvisation in life and art, p. 155