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tisdag 1 december 2009

“Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing.”
-Johan Huizinga, Homo ludens

I have come to the conclusion that my project is all about play as a method of learning even for grown ups. In a world where our attention is not misdirected to 24/7 fear through media, be it fear for stock market crashes, pandemic outburst, terrorism, global tyranny, unemployment, starvation and so on and so forth, then what do we do?
Well, the answer is very quite simple: We grow. We grow because all the energy that creates the chemicals in our arms and legs that makes us ready to fight or flight (reactions to fear) goes back to the brain, and the torso, centers for growingboth mentally and physically. And how do we grow best? Well, let´s just look at the masters of the subject of growing and learning: The human infant. How does she/he learn? Of course.
Through play.

Why would it be any different for a so called "growned up"?
I have chosen to critisize the term "growned up", since it describes a static state of being the no longer evovles. This I think is one of the most catastrofic mindsets of the modern man.
You constantly grow up, but you will never be a grown up.

Teckenstorlek

1 kommentar:

Joile sa...

Tycker ditt projekt är jätte intressant Carl! Intressant att du kritiserar termen "grown ups" väldigt bra, och väldigt intressant! keep on going! //joss