Episode 5: Play's Boundaries

And so, God of Play, let us now recount and respeak your teachings. You are grounded in listening and response. This is your communicative aspect – how you move and operate. Then there is an aspect of you that pertains to desire and pleasure. These are the affective requirements for play to grow – its fertile soil. Play does not crave or avert. But play is also not a negation of pleasure. There is a divine pleasure that permeates play. A pleasure that can turn all pain into buoyancy. A pleasure that comes from a delightful curiosity with the unknown that lies in all things. Play does not always have to be light and calm – it can be wild, active, reflective, nostalgic, or full of tricks. But behind all of these states lies a base state of curiosity – that constitutive blanket that gives meaning to all of play’s actions.