Deep play

Diane Ackerman

"Whatever the catchphrase of the moment - being in the grove or the zone, feeling the flow, jamming - we all intuitively know and hunger for a state of optimal creative capacity.". "In Deep Play, Diane Ackerman argues eloquently that a wide range of experiences are in fact only aspects of one single kind, the state of transcendence she calls deep play. She explores the nature of deep play in an array of activities, from the exotic to the domestic, from the artistic and the athletic to the spiritual. She writes of the qualities of time, space, and spirit that distinguish deep-play endeavors from the rest of our lives.". "Diane Ackerman shows us that understanding deep play, and some of the ways it is attained, is understanding how lives filled with joy, creativity, and self-fulfillment are sustained. She has written a book that will awaken us all to opportunities in our own lives for deeper and more rewarding play."--BOOK JACKET.