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Diane Ackerman on Deep Play
In this moving piece, poet, essayist, and naturalist Diane Ackerman's
reverence for play is brought to life through selections from her book,
"Deep Play". While others have easily dismissed play as trivial or
time-consuming, Ackerman asserts, "Opportunities for deep play abound.
In its thrall we become ideal versions of ourselves... [Its] many moods
and varieties help to define who we are and all we wish to be."
Reflecting on its evolutionary role, psychological, and spiritual
dimensions, Ackerman invites us to reacquaint ourselves with the very
activity that makes us human.
