Play Generates Possibilities

Play’s purpose is to generate more possibilities for play….the core difference between creativity and play is that, while creativity  produces artifacts, play produces possibilities. Play makes creativity possible while creativity manifests possibility into...

Disorderly Play

How might we engage in disorderly play? How often do you play towards order? In the West we often create ways towards order. However, some Eastern philosophers view order as transient while chaos as ever-present. Order is what we float on to the chaos. Chaos is just...

Huizinga was concerned with play in its widest dimensions. In his view, sport is connected to art, music, poetry, religion, jurisprudence, and warfare. All are highly regulated opportunities for human expression where creativity is a commentary on public forms and forces.

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