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December 07, 2005

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Richard Lawrence Cohen

Not a bore, just an introvert, and therefore automatically out of place in society. I speak from experience. I too get great joy from esthetic experiences and from nature but have a hard time playing. Thanks for another good soul-search, Tamar.

moose

I, too, speak from experience. Never equate quietness, sensitivity, intensity or even solitude with boredom. To some, perhaps, but certainly not to all or even most. There are, as RLC suggests above, many kinds of personalities—all, I think, interesting in their own ways.

Having said that, I know that I have (over years) learned a lot about loosening up and "just playing." Laughter is good for the soul. I look for it, now.

fp

boy... Longwood Gardens. We wandered around there several years ago and I was just blown away by the topiary. Anybody who enjoys reading a good book knows how to have fun.

ainelivia

Oh yes, I recognise a lot of this Tamar. I do agree with Richard and moose.

"I have been trying to think of times when I feel most relaxed and playful and have come up with:

Singing while I play the piano; gardening; potting plants; reading a really good book; watching a movie eating popcorn and twizzlers; sitting, staring at the sea."

I would say, and I say from my own experience, that being alone is the time when I can be creative, and that is time for me. Sounds that you, like I, were given the role of "caretaker" in your family, make sure everyone else is ok, then you can do what you need.

I wonder if you see this part of you as "being an error in you personality". There is a very good quote over at Keri Smith's- Wish Jar Journal website.

"Honour Thy Error As Intention". I have printed it out and pinned it up where I can see it and pasted it in my Journal.

ainelivia

I mis-quoted, I wonder what that error means.

It's on www.kerismith.com in the November archives.

The quote reads:
"Honour Thy Error As A Hidden Intention." Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt (Oblique Strategies)

Winston

Others, especially RLC, have already voiced the thoughts I brought to this. I am not "playful", but I can be tons of fun for myself and to others. And it is not that we have multi-personalities, but it is interesting that different people we associate with somehow bring out different facets of our personality. So let's blame it on them! Also love ainelivia's quote "Honour Thy Error As A Hidden Intention." That is wonderful...

Tamar

Moose,
I think I do laugh a lot more heartily than before, come to think of it!

Richard, You have *our* number. And not just yours and mine by the sounds of it: ainelivia, Moose and Winston too.

"Honour Thy Error as a Hidden Intention." Works for me!

Natalie

Excellent post, Tamar. I once made a list of the times in my life when I felt most myself, happiest "dans ma peau" - in my own skin. And they were all playful times, uninhibited times. But I know what you're saying about the sadness too. Somehow it's always there under the joy, non-specific. I call it cosmic sadness.

Tamar

Cosmic sadness. Wow! Far out!

fp - imagine topiary combined with aesthetic Christmas decorations. Fabulous!

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