The Playing of Man ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Playing of Man ~ The Imaginative Conservative

All play is an attempt to approximate to the Creator, who performs his work with the divine seriousness which its meaning and purpose demand, and yet with the spontaneity and effortless skill of the great artist he is, creating because he wills to create and not because he must. Man, according to Plotinus, is a “living plaything,” though he is more than a mere token which can be moved or thrown away in play as an unpredictable mood may dictate. …