Posted in Explore, Play, Imagine, & Create, Possibility & Personal Growth on Dec 12th, 2006
Play
As a child I loved to play, and I still do. I’m never so happy as when I’m playing with my children. When we play together, we let go of many of the rules that pretend to define us and shape us, and leave us free to explore.
When adults use the word play, they [...]
Posted in Explore, Play, Imagine, & Create, Possibility & Personal Growth, Shadows & Opposites on Nov 1st, 2006
There are festivals of masks and the hidden in many cultures. In American culture, Halloween is one of the most dominant festivals of the mask. Children particularly love dressing up and pretending to be someone else.
For many adults, the images of the hidden that dominate Halloween are the uncertain, frightening, and dark side of [...]
Posted in Explore, Play, Imagine, & Create on Aug 4th, 2006
My oldest daughter once gave my wife and me a simple personality test. Miriam loves personality tests. Yes, I find them intriguing as well. I love the idea of finding patterns and predictability in the wonderfully wild and unpredictable world of people and how they behave. But these tests only model a person’s behavior, and [...]
