[Xmca-l] Re: Do adults play?

[Huw Lloyd]

On 21 October 2013 22:25, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Huw, might I add that during this discussion of adult play, your profile
> pic on google has magically changed from playful (man's face half shaded by
> the sun) to serious (straight on shot of man-in-suit).
> Why so serious?
>

Why stop at either/or. ;)

At least its not a fish decorating your inbox.

H.



> -greg
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Oh, another interesting point is the "as if" quality of play which
> carries
> > over into social relations, e.g. the liberal regard of others as if we
> are
> > all equal.
> >
> > Huw
> >
> >
> > On 21 October 2013 19:34, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 October 2013 14:28, Barowy, William <barowy@lesley.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Feynman played:
> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > It's not clear (from the video) whether the anthropomorphising is
> rather
> > a
> > > rhetorical expression of his own personal joy in the task.
> > >
> > > But, personally, I think that is beside the point.  It is the
> plasticity
> > > of play that is (for me) more interesting, and the effortful thinking
> he
> > > refers to is theorised (e.g. Baldwin) to be the application of this
> > > plasticity to objective circumstances.
> > >
> > > Huw
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> how
> > >> to do it."
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> > >>
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> > >>
> > >
> >
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