I have a few unconnected thoughts. A disjoint reply to a disjoint post:
“The first virtue is curiosity.” A lot of these experiences are seeing with fresh eyes.
This reminds me of mindfulness meditation.
This reminds me of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, a book about being friends with household objects.
Children play to learn things. Maybe adults should too.
A few weeks ago I was walking alone at night in the middle of a small street. On a whim I started to dance, but it just made me feel more alone. Even when I’ve been silly in the past, I was silly with friends. I doubt that I could ever think a thought to myself that will make me laugh as hard as the funniest things my friends have said to me or that I have said to them. Maybe I could play myself if I tried soft enough, but why should I when voice chat is a few clicks away? Maybe rationality can be playful, but why should it be solitary?
Did you really play alone if you tell another person what you did? You wanted to see if you could produce a certain kind of solitary experience—and then you shared the experience on the internet.
I have a few unconnected thoughts. A disjoint reply to a disjoint post:
“The first virtue is curiosity.” A lot of these experiences are seeing with fresh eyes.
This reminds me of mindfulness meditation.
This reminds me of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, a book about being friends with household objects.
Children play to learn things. Maybe adults should too.
A few weeks ago I was walking alone at night in the middle of a small street. On a whim I started to dance, but it just made me feel more alone. Even when I’ve been silly in the past, I was silly with friends. I doubt that I could ever think a thought to myself that will make me laugh as hard as the funniest things my friends have said to me or that I have said to them. Maybe I could play myself if I tried soft enough, but why should I when voice chat is a few clicks away? Maybe rationality can be playful, but why should it be solitary?
Did you really play alone if you tell another person what you did? You wanted to see if you could produce a certain kind of solitary experience—and then you shared the experience on the internet.