107 - Unpacking Play pt 1 (Showmanship & Play 8 of 30)

In this episode I continue to unpack the five criterias of play. The five are as follows:1 - Play is fun. It’s intensely pleasurable and enjoyable. So when we play we don’t want it to stop.2 - Play is self motivated, which means it has to be entered into voluntarily.3 - Play is apparently purposeless. We play for the sake of playing not to achieve some further goal.4 - Play has rules.5 - Play is imaginative and improvisational.Links:The Norwegian book called Lek og Læring i et Nevro perspektiv  (play and learning in a neuro perspective) Here are some links, One, two, three. The third one is a link to a podcast with an interview with one of the two authors. BE WARNED the links are all in Norwegian, but with the help of google and our AI overlords you'll be reading it in no time, in a language more suitable to your horizon of understanding.the Kingdom of Childhood episode of the Way of the ShowmanPeter Gray's Aeon.co article on Play DeficitFor your selfstudy: Henri Bergson on the possible and the actual.Finite and infinite games by James CarseThis is a link to a talk by Doctor Stuart Brown who's the author of “Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul” (2010) by Stuart BrownSupport the show...After a long abscence our Merch Shop is back! Check out t-shirts, hoddies, and hats! Show yourself as a Follower of the Way of the Showman.You can also "listen" to the Way of the Showman at youtube.If you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to  contact me about anyhthing ou can reach me on [email protected] can find out more on the Way of the Showman website.Follow the Way of the Showman on Instagram.If you're compelled to suport the showes and have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo