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“Play isn’t doing what we want, but doing what we can with the materials we find along the way.”
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
“You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely on the details right in front of you, mind you. You’ve got to look ahead a bit or else you’ll bump into something. You’ve got to conform to the proper order and at the same time keep an eye out for what’s ahead. That’s critical, no matter what you’re doing.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“She was having fun, but her fun emerged from misery. Fun isn’t pleasure, it turns out. Fun is the feeling of finding something new in a familiar situation. Fun almost demands boredom: you need the sense that nothing good could possibly arise from an experience in order for the experience of finding something there to smolder with the hot pleasure of surprise. Likewise,”
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
“The ultimate lesson games give is not about gratification and reward, nor about media and technology, nor about art and design. It is a lesson about modesty, attention, and care. Play cultivates humility, for it requires us to treat things as they are rather than as we wish them to be. If we let it, play can be the secret to contentment. Not because it provides happiness or pleasure—although it certainly can—but because it helps us pursue a greater respect for the things, people, and situations around us.”
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
― Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
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