That\u2019s a nice way of saying \u201cjust a few screws loose,\u201d which, it turns out, is optimal. A little tiny bit wacko or playful or silly or goofy\u2014the terminology differs with different locales in the multiverse\u2014 is what\u2019s needed to be creative and enjoyable to others. Too serious and you\u2019re well, \u201ctoo\u201d\u2014even though you may think you\u2019re cool, or professional, or dignified, or exhibiting the proper amount of gravitas, which is a good quality in certain circumstances, as long as you can \u201ccome off it.\u201d But there are many who forget that there\u2019s any liminal state of mind that one \u201ccomes off it\u201d to! And too wacko and you\u2019re definitely annoying if not certifiable. But we are moving into an era where so much is not either-or, and rather that there is a healthy middle ground in which you can explore optimal mental flexibility. <\/p>\n
A few screws loose is not, well, up-tight, now is it? So relax a bit, let down your hair, or (since I have little of that once-precious commodity\u2014except out of my nose and ears and chest), let down your guard, and mess around a little, with the right people in the right situations. For those who don\u2019t know how to do that, read my forthcoming 5th edition (I think) of the Art of Play, being extensively rewritten, re-ordered, and generally made great\u2014and aimed at you. Yes, you\u2014no, not the other one standing next to you\u2014YOU! Aha! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
That\u2019s a nice way of saying \u201cjust a few screws loose,\u201d which, it turns out, is optimal. A little tiny bit wacko or playful or silly or goofy\u2014the terminology differs with different locales in the multiverse\u2014 is what\u2019s needed to be creative and enjoyable to others. Too serious and you\u2019re well, \u201ctoo\u201d\u2014even though you may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foolin","category-play-and-spontaneity","category-literacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}