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IT´S HOW YOU PLAY |
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The
Masters
of Play Meta
– “Behind “
“together with”
Often donating change!
(Concise
Oxford Dictionary)
Metamodel,
met mathematics, meta-psychology, meta-ethics, metaphysics,
metamorphoses, metaphor meta cognition Is
there the possibility that deep down in the innermost crevices of the
human mind, they’re a vestibule, the recipient and harbinger of a
secret? “All
that which is human; learning, moving, growing and living, lies in
essence, in the seed of human endeavour – the urge to play…and
that play, is the source of all that is human. – a metamodel. The
very act of play confirms and provides the flourishing of so many
individual human qualities in a single manifestation, which one can only
define as a wonderful way to learn; stimulation of the
senses, imagination and fantasy, movement, change, curiosity and
discovery, concentration, decision-making, reflection, breaking-down,
building and creating, assimilating, transforming, survival skills,
power strength and ability, humour, and laughter.
And out of all these divided aspects and qualities of human
nature coming together in a symbiotic agreement, we experience a glowing
sense of pleasure and enjoyment.
Which encourages and inspires us to find evermore newer and
creative ways to play.”
Play
- is the common denominator of all higher intelligent creatures
on earth.
Play
–
is a sign of intelligence.
Play
– is
intelligence.
Play
– is the building block of human intelligence.
Play
– is as instinctual and as automatic as breathing.
We
cannot live our lives without playing.
To stop playing, is to stop “living.”
Are
you alive?
Playing
is – a fundamental creative human activity.
Playing
is - a human need.
To
be creative, to create, is why we are here.
We
are here – to play.
And
we will play with anything we can get our hands on.
Children
are the masters of play. The
popular slogan, “learning by doing!” - is not precise enough...“learning
by playing is better.
Play
is the best stimulator for learning, and human nature has an insatiable
desire to learn.
Play
is a meta-model of human nature.
Play
– is how to learn. Play
is
a meta-model. 1st.
Principle of learning -“how to learn” (a meta-model)
2nd.
Principle of learning - “what to learn” (a model)
Like
human nature, play – organises and gives structure and meaning, and
truly is the most natural learning-tool developed by human nature.
Play
is more than, “just play” -
“ just play” as a statement, underestimates the true value of play.
Play is a human need.
Learning
is fun. To organise, and
give structure and meaning to what is happening, is a fundamental gift
of human nature. Meta-models
– organise and give structure and meaning to what is happening.
Meta
–models, are the mothers of all models, they contain, and
simultaneously create all models. They
stand behind all the various and diversified myriad's of models, and are
able at the same time to give order and meaning to the seemingly
confusing diversity.
They
simplify, what is normally a complex, sophisticated,
diversified puzzle.
Take
Lego for example, Lego is one of the most successful toys in the
world, (it is a meta-model,) to be more concrete, it is a handful of
brightly coloured plastic bricks, which when placed in the hands of a
child, or anyone for that matter, is transformed, with a little
concentration and curiosity, into a model, (a model train, a model-boat,
a model-plane, whatever). The
varieties of models, which can be created, are theoretically endless.
Millions of different models can be created from the bricks.
This is the genius of Lego.
Lego is a meta-model. Yet
the genius of Lego goes deeper. Lego
is a –1st. principle toy – it teaches us “how to learn”
The genius of play goes deep The
secret of “how to learn”, lies not only in the “building” of
models, but also in their “breaking-down.”
The
genius of play goes deeper.
Without
the “breaking-down”, there is no transformation, - transformation is
the name of the “Human” game, and is why we are here.
Human
beings are the most remarkable creatures on earth, which have the
ability to transform everything they come in contact with. Human
beings are constantly in flux and movement, there is nothing static
about a human being – they are “breaking-down” and “building”
all the time. Human
beings are transformers.
The
genius of play goes deeper.
To
play is to transform.
When
we realise this, then the argument follows:
Human beings are forever playing. The
problem is realising and accepting this, most of us would argue, that
there are other things more important than play.
Play has been reduced to a function of human activity reserved
for children, to help and amuse them in preparation for adulthood.
Play
is the main focus of children, while for adults it appears to fill a
small percentage of their priorities.
Human
beings are forever playing.
The
problem with adults in this world of play is that by the time the child
reaches adulthood, with good or bad influence, from parents, school,
environment, and society, they have transformed (played) themselves into
a model of how they should be.
The
game an adult plays is normally a poorer imitation and model of the
child's.
The
main play and game of an adult is called – Identification You
could say that meta-models -
observe.
While
models - identify.
I
am a Scot, with Scottish thinking, with Scottish eating and social
habits and preferences brought up in a working class background, with
Christian values, and a Scottish sense of humour.
Just these descriptions are enough to represent the basics of a
model. All
models are useful in describing a generalisation. Models have
value, yet they tend to also create a defence mechanism whenever
threatened or criticised. There is the Christian model, the Islamic
model, the Jewish model, the Buddhist model, the communist model, and
the capitalist model. Models
tend to be rigid and inflexible, the Scot, the Dane, the old, the young,
the educated, the poor, the rich. Such
descriptions though appearing to be detailed are still only
generalisations regarding identification.
The uniqueness of the individual cannot be found.
Models have very little to do with change, (change as regards to
transformation.) In the evolution of a model, there are only two choices
– strengthen or weaken.
In
the evolution of a model, a healthy defence mechanism is a must.
In
the truest sense, models do not change.
The Christian model does not suddenly become, the Islamic model,
and vice – versa, such models experiencing any fluctuation, can only
strengthen or weaken. The Scot does not become a Dane. The problem with
models is that they are generalisations, and if identified with, become
even more problematic, for one tends to believe that the model is unique,
instead of what it is – a generalisation.
“One
is born as an original, but eventually ends up as a copy!”
Change
in this area is no creative transformation; there is only adding, the
strengthening, and perpetuation of the model, - the right and the wrong
of it all, depending on your point of view.
This world of models, and there are billions of models in the
world, is a veritable labyrinth when one is seeking what is right and
wrong. Which model is
better than the other? In
which direction do I go?
Original
is the meta-model
In
the evolution of a meta-model there is no defence mechanism, as
mentioned before, they are the mothers of all models, they create
models, and understand the procedures in model building.
Meta-models are open-ended, a process, a free agent, they are
creative to the extreme – they accept all models.
They are 100% democratic.
In
essence, they are the Scot and the Dane, the Christian The Muslim the
Jew and the Buddhist, the poor and the rich.
Meta-models have a common language (a code) which links to all
models, and this common language is simple.
Take
Lego, a whole box full of Duplo and tip them out on the floor.
Create 2 models, a model car and a model house, observe them and
work out how to build a boat from the bricks you have used to create the
model-car and the model –house, the process is relatively simple, and
the process can also be reversed.
Attempt to do the same with an ordinary toy-car and toy-house.
One can build maybe a boat from such toys but it would at the
same time, ruin, the opportunity to recreate these models, (the car and
the house).
Models
are fixed, and a finished product.
Meta-models
are flexible and open-ended, there is process.
The
success of Lego is the dismantling of the car and the house into the new
form – boat. The magic of
Lego is not only in the successful completion of this, but the
recognition that when one observes the boat one can also see within its
form – the car and
the house, (intact and awaiting to be rebuilt).
All
models of Lego offer a way back to the original state, (meta-model).
All
models are interconnected, and are therefore in harmony.
All
children are born as harmonic individuals.
Play
= to conquer
and
master your world
The Play Foundation
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