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[MarshaV]

Aware...   I like this.

And what is good, Phædrus,
And what is not good...
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?



At 06:06 AM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
>Talking of rules ...
>I like this.
>http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html
>
>Ian
>
>On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hmmm.  You are moving towards the full moon and its game.   That's all she
> > wrote...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 05:17 AM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Probably more aware of setting suns and the thinnest crescent new
> >> moons under the right conditions with reflected earthlight on the disk
> >> post-sunset, or full moon risings - I can become totally absorbed in
> >> experiencing these. I guess it may be the terrestrial horizon I'm
> >> really most aware of.
> >>
> >> ... but where are we headed in this thread apart from the game of
> >> curiosity ?
> >> Ian
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:48 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ian,
> >> >
> >> > I feel the full moon...  Are you aware of the full moon?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Marsha
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > At 04:39 AM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't "ignore" anything Marsha ...
> >> >>
> >> >> I try to use the "awareness" you speak of, to make choices about what
> >> >> is good. And it tells me that definitions are double-edged, that on
> >> >> balance, in many contexts, definitions are not good. That seems like a
> >> >> pretty good "rule" to me - one not to be ignored ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Ian
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >> >> > At 04:11 AM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Sounds good to me Marsha ... it is the lack of awareness that causes
> >> >> >> the burring I referred to.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> PS I don't do definitions, as you know ... as usual, you got the
> >> >> >> "essence" of what I meant ;-)
> >> >> >> Ian
> >> >> >
> >> >> > No Ian, I didn't know you didn't do definitions.  Do you ignore all
> >> >> > rules?
> >> >> > -Marsha
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Greetings Ian,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Isn't the difference between game-living and game-playing
> >> >> >> > awareness?
> >> >> >> > And
> >> >> >> > what is the definition of 'psychological essence'?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Marsha
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > At 03:20 AM 3/7/2009, you wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Hi Mark,
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> That is the psychological essence of "game" - guessing the game
> >> >> >> >> of
> >> >> >> >> "others" whilst being concerned about how "they" interpret what
> >> >> >> >> you
> >> >> >> >> reveal about "your" game. The game of life.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Of course playing (recreational) games is different - rehearsals
> >> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> >> scene settings for the real living thing. The distinction between
> >> >> >> >> game-playing and game-living can be quite blurred, but the root
> >> >> >> >> of
> >> >> >> >> recreation is no coincidence - re/create.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Regards
> >> >> >> >> Ian
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM, markhsmit <markhsmit at aol.com>
> >> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> > Hi Marsha,
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > I like the ones by RD Laing in Knots:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > They are playing a game. They are playing at not
> >> >> >> >> > playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I
> >> >> >> >> > shall break the rules and they will punish me.
> >> >> >> >> > I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Cheers,
> >> >> >> >> > Willblake2
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:38:36 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
> >> >> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Here are some interesting quotes.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > -------------
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to
> >> >> >> >> > play
> >> >> >> >> > better than anyone else."
> >> >> >> >> > (Albert Einstein)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "The true object of all human life is play."
> >> >> >> >> > (G. K. Chesterton)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play...if
> >> >> >> >> > someone
> >> >> >> >> > else
> >> >> >> >> > tells me that I have to do it, then it's work."
> >> >> >> >> > (Patricia Nourot)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will
> >> >> >> >> > assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the
> >> >> >> >> > play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of
> >> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> >> > ordinary."
> >> >> >> >> > (Cecil Beaton)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "What we play is life."
> >> >> >> >> > (Louis Armstrong)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "Life must be lived as play."
> >> >> >> >> > (Plato)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because
> >> >> >> >> > we
> >> >> >> >> > stop playing."
> >> >> >> >> > (George Bernard Shaw)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of
> >> >> >> >> > a
> >> >> >> >> > child at play."
> >> >> >> >> > (Heraclitus)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than
> >> >> >> >> > in a
> >> >> >> >> > year of conversation."
> >> >> >> >> > (Plato)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."
> >> >> >> >> > (Jimi Hendrix )
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > ..
> >> >> >> >> > _____________
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the
> >> >> >> >> > stars..........
> >> >> >> >> > ..
> >> >> >> >> > ..
> >> >> >> >> >
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> >> >> >> > .
> >> >> >> > _____________
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the
> >> >> >> > stars.........
> >> >> >> > .
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> >> >> > _____________
> >> >> >
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> >> >> > stars.........
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