Description
The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.
Deep play is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be in the moment and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.
Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/08/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.29w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9780679771357
ISBN10: 0679771352
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | Child & Adolescent
- Psychology | Movements | Behaviorism
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
Deep play is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be in the moment and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.
Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/08/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.29w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9780679771357
ISBN10: 0679771352
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | Child & Adolescent
- Psychology | Movements | Behaviorism
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
About the Author
Diane Ackerman lives in upstate New York.