For over 40 years, artist Art Garfunkel have been a vivid book reader, and on his website he has published a list of all the books he’s been reading over the years.
Despite the obvious self-expressionist motive of publishing a such list - it actually makes it possible for the curious to see the development of a character over a prolonged period of time - with favourites added to a separate list along the way. Almost everyone will find inspiration for their next Amazon visit here…
Homo Ludens, or “Man the Playful,” is a book written in 1938 by Dutch historian, cultural theorist and Professor Johan Huizinga. Huizinga wanted to discuss the importance of a play element in our culture and society and suggests that the playful state is a key driver for human motivation and a necessary condition for the generation of human culture.
Play is a voluntary activity…having its aim in itself and accompanied by a feeling of
tension, joy and the consciousness that it is `different´ than `ordinary life´
The human world is a strange and funny one indeed. Sometimes, someone like David Merrill comes along with a new little invention that seems almost unimaginable. Partly unimaginable because of what it is and partly unimaginable because of what it does.
When something like this happens it both confirms my belief in human creativity and technology as well as make me smile a little bit.
Let me introduce Siftables - toy blocks that can make stories, music and math
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