Your experience at the festival resonates with something I read during the week. It was talking about the importance of carnival, fun and excessive ridiculous performance in social cohesion. In our cultures in times past it was a far bigger part than it is now and indeed in the future might need to become a large part again. So glad that you’re having fun playing!
I think it was in “Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy” by David Flemming - I think, because I have 3 audiobooks on the go at the same time and I can’t guarantee I didn’t mix them up!
Reading is my superpower! As an adult I have discovered that I am likely dyslexic (mum to 3 dyslexic kids) - I had terrible trouble with spelling but found reading easy as remembering visual word shapes, not sound patterns, there is no voice in my head when I read, the word spaces magically appear as meaning in my head which means I read really fast - it drives my partner crazy!
So true! I try to trick myself into a play mindset when I sit down to draw so that it doesn’t feel too cumbersome. Your post reminds me of the “joyful warrior” approach that the Harris campaign uses.
Your experience at the festival resonates with something I read during the week. It was talking about the importance of carnival, fun and excessive ridiculous performance in social cohesion. In our cultures in times past it was a far bigger part than it is now and indeed in the future might need to become a large part again. So glad that you’re having fun playing!
Oh that's interesting! Do you remember where you read that?
I think it was in “Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy” by David Flemming - I think, because I have 3 audiobooks on the go at the same time and I can’t guarantee I didn’t mix them up!
Aaah, that one is mentioned in 'I want a better catastrophe' that I'm reading now. I can't keep up with you! :D
Reading is my superpower! As an adult I have discovered that I am likely dyslexic (mum to 3 dyslexic kids) - I had terrible trouble with spelling but found reading easy as remembering visual word shapes, not sound patterns, there is no voice in my head when I read, the word spaces magically appear as meaning in my head which means I read really fast - it drives my partner crazy!
So true! I try to trick myself into a play mindset when I sit down to draw so that it doesn’t feel too cumbersome. Your post reminds me of the “joyful warrior” approach that the Harris campaign uses.
Joy against Trump's anger and fear mongering . Yes! :D