Play does not look for consistency but for creativity/possibility
Play is obsessive and all ecompassing
Play is opportunistic
Play is divergent
Play works in contradiction to active time (consumer time)
Play is a signaling tool
Play suggests what if
Play suggests as if
Play is substitutive
Play is not contingent upon time allocation
Play is not linear
Play is exploratory
Play is diverse
Play is notional
Play is a form of rehearsal
Play is projective
Play is empowering
Play can be divergent and convergent
Play has shifting terms of reference
Play is fun and fulfilling
Learning can be playful (except at school) 🙂
Learning through play can lead to tacit knowledge
Play is not efficiency oriented
Play accounts for inconsistency
Play is pleasure oriented
Hence, play is (fully) absorbing
Play is distractive
Play is imaginative
Play is multi-directional
Play communicates a sense of freedom from the restriction of time
Objectives can be diverted through play
Play is self aware but not self consious
Play is/or can be repetitive, as it tries to recapture the pleasure of the first experience
Play is pleasure orienteated
Play is not goal orientated
Play can be repetitious
Play is adaptive
Play is adoptive
Play does not necessarily seek symmetry or tidiness
Play is instructional
Play is educational
Play can be serious
*from Maziar Raein based on Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Gregory Bateson, A theory of Play and Fantasy.
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