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大家都知道，听爵士乐和研究爵士乐是我的一大爱好之一。在有了女儿之后，琢磨女儿的教育问题也成了我的另一大爱好。而如今，我将两个爱好结合在一起，借助AI（ChatGPT 和 Gemini），发展出了一套爵士乐育儿指南。这是据我所知，全国，乃至全世界，第一份爵士乐育儿指南，敬请收听。节目最后 Tutti 跟女儿一起跳舞的视频可在小红书搜索 Tutti 并关注。今年十一假期，Why for Jazz 联合 SEAIC 法国中欧艺术创新中心发起了一个针对巴黎和波尔多的法国旅行团。我将与建筑艺术学者，我的太太 Tutti 联合带队，深入法国，开启一趟沉浸式的以爵士乐，建筑，红酒和文化学习交流为主线的全景之旅。旅行团即可开始报名，计划招募15位同行者。有兴趣的朋友可以点击上面链接，或直接添加下面二维码进行咨询。期待十一相见。扫码开启法国之旅Playlist of the Show:[23:09] What'd I Say - Ray Charles[26:30] Early Summer - Ryo Fukui[28:52] Hymn to Freedom - Oscar PetersonAI建议的爵士乐育儿歌单（20月龄-36月龄）20个月：高保真钢琴触键（物理建模期） ● 曲目： Midnight Sugar (山本刚), C-Jam Blues (Red Garland), Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi), Bag's Groove (MJQ) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 20个月的孩子，内耳耳蜗的**音调映射（Tonotopic map）**正在进行最后的物理微调。山本刚这类钢琴录音拥有极高的“瞬态响应（Transients）”，每一个音符的起始极其清晰。这种“干净”的声音信号能最大程度减少听觉系统解码的噪音，帮助大脑建立“钢琴”这种复杂音色的高质量统计模型。 ○ 发展心理学： 此时孩子处于感知运动阶段的尾声，通过“敲击”产生的声音最能吸引其注意力。钢琴的打击乐属性最能引起这种因果关系的共鸣。21个月：行走贝斯与前庭系统平衡 ● 曲目： 1. Work Song (Nat Adderley) 2. Killer Joe (Benny Golson) 3. Blues in the Closet (Bud Powell) 4. Strollin' (Horace Silver) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 这一组曲目强调 Walking Bass（行走贝斯）。稳定的、如同心跳般的低音提琴拨奏（Quarter-note pulse）能直接激活基底神经节，这是人类处理节奏与运动控制的核心。 ○ 发育心理学： 21个月的孩子正处于走路重心从摇晃趋向平稳的阶段。这种稳定的低频驱动能与她的身体运动产生神经夹带（Entrainment），通过前庭系统感知重力与节奏的重合，建立起最早的“摇摆感（Swing Feeling）”。22个月：硬波普（Hard Bop）与社交对话逻辑 ● 曲目： 1. Moanin' (Art Blakey) 2. Song for My Father (Horace Silver) 3. The Sidewinder (Lee Morgan) 4. Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) 5. What'd I Say (Ray Charles) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 此时孩子正经历语言词汇量的激增，**布罗卡区（Broca's area）**极度活跃。这些曲目中经典的 Call & Response（呼唤与回应） 结构，完美契合了大脑对社交性沟通的生理渴望。 ○ 发育心理学： 此时孩子开始理解“轮流”的概念。通过这种音乐结构，她在无意识中练习了沟通的节奏感，激活了镜像神经元系统，这不仅是音乐启蒙，更是共情能力的早期培养。23个月：Jazz Hip Hop 与持续注意力的构建 ● 曲目： 1. Aruarian Dance (Nujabes) 2. Luv(sic) Part 3 (Nujabes) 3. Waltz for Life Will Born (Uyama Hiroto) 4. Feather (Nujabes) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 稳定的 Loop（循环）能给大脑提供极强的“神经安全性”。当背景节奏是高度可预测的，而上层的钢琴即兴是流动的，这能训练**前额叶皮层（Prefrontal Cortex）**在稳定的背景中提取细微的变化信号。 ○ 发育心理学： 这个阶段孩子开始能进行较长时间的专注游戏。高质量的循环乐句能降低皮质醇水平，延长其**深度探索（Deep Play）**的时间窗口。24个月：奇数拍与认知弹性（两岁里程碑） ● 曲目： 1. Take Five (Dave Brubeck) 2. Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck) 3. Blue Rondo à la Turk (Dave Brubeck) 4. Eleven Four (Paul Desmond) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 两岁是突触剪枝（Synaptic Pruning）剧烈发生的节点。如果此时只听 4/4 拍，大脑会认定 5/4 或 9/8 为“不可理解信号”。输入奇数拍是为了保持神经系统的认知弹性（Cognitive Flexibility），训练大脑在不对称中寻找更高阶的数学规律。 ○ 发育心理学： 此阶段孩子自我意识觉醒（Terrible Twos），非对称的节奏正好契合了这种不安分的探索精神，帮助她建立对“不平衡”的心理包容力。第二阶段：和声色彩与审美拓宽（25m - 30m）核心目标： 引入复杂和弦（9, 11, 13音），在听觉皮层建立高维度的“美学坐标系”。25个月：三拍子的流体感知（空间感知进阶） ● 曲目： 1. Waltz for Debby (Bill Evans) 2. Bluesette (Toots Thielemans) 3. Alice in Wonderland (Bill Evans) 4. Up with the Lark (Bill Evans) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 三拍子会强烈刺激小脑的前庭系统。Bill Evans 的“无根音和弦（Rootless Voicings）”让声音听起来是“悬浮”的。根据 Robert Zatorre 的研究，这种高级和声能精细化音调映射（Tonotopic map），训练大脑不依赖低音根音去寻找调性中心。 ○ 发育心理学： 3/4 拍的圆舞曲感能带给孩子优雅、流动的感官体验，有助于精细动作的优雅化发育。26个月：Bossa Nova 与多线信号处理 ● 曲目： 1. The Girl from Ipanema (Stan Getz) 2. Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim) 3. Desafinado (Stan Getz) 4. Corcovado (Cannonball Adderley) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： Bossa Nova 的底层节奏是平直的八分音符，而上层爵士和弦极其复杂。这种矛盾感要求大脑进行听觉场景解构（Auditory Scene Analysis）。 ○ 发育心理学： 这种轻松的氛围是训练情绪调节（Emotional Regulation）的绝佳工具。在神经科学上，它能激活边缘系统中的愉悦中枢而不产生过度亢奋。27个月：调式爵士（Modal Jazz）与深度观察 ● 曲目： 1. So What (Miles Davis) 2. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 3. Little Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard) 4. Flamenco Sketches (Miles Davis) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 调式爵士和弦变化极慢。根据 Bregman 的理论，这种“低变化率”会迫使大脑将注意力转向**音色（Timbre）**的微观纹理。 ○ 发育心理学： 培养“静谧感”。这种音乐能训练孩子在无外部剧烈刺激的环境中进行内在的深度观察，是建立长时注意力的基石。28个月：冷爵士（Cool Jazz）与边缘系统开发 ● 曲目： 1. My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker) 2. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Art Pepper) 3. Autumn Leaves (Cannonball) 4. Django (MJQ) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 略带忧郁、克制的音色能激活**边缘系统（Limbic system）**中的杏仁核与海马体连接。研究表明，幼儿能感知到音乐中的哀伤情绪，这能丰富其大脑的情感皮层。 ○ 发育心理学： 28个月的孩子开始萌发初级共情。通过理解音乐中的“忧郁”，她在学习处理复杂的人类情感。29个月：Bebop 与神经放电频率挑战 ● 曲目： 1. Scrapple from the Apple (Charlie Parker) 2. A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 3. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) 4. Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 极速音阶挑战了听觉神经元的放电频率（Firing Rate）。这是一种神经层面的“高强度间歇训练（HIIT）”，旨在提高大脑对高密度信息的即时处理带宽。 ○ 发育心理学： Bebop 的多变与灵动契合了孩子此时精力旺盛、喜欢探索事物边界的行为逻辑。30个月：日本爵士 - 叙事建模（情感深度期） ● 曲目： 1. Early Summer (Ryo Fukui) 2. Scenery (Ryo Fukui) 3. Blow Up (Isao Suzuki) 4. Girl Talk (Tsuyoshi Yamamoto) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： J-Jazz 具有独特的旋律线条。30个月的孩子正致力于将碎片化的信息拼凑成故事，此时大脑的**默认模式网络（DMN）**开始在音乐欣赏中起作用。 ○ 发育心理学： 建立文化认同感。通过这些具有东方美学色彩的爵士乐，她在潜意识中完成了一种审美的文化建构。第三阶段：结构解构与即兴逻辑（31m - 36m）核心目标： 识别主题与变奏的边界，培养长时记忆与宏观思维构架。31个月：人声爵士与语言-音乐桥梁 ● 曲目： 1. L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole) 2. Cheek to Cheek (Fitzgerald & Armstrong) 3. Fly Me to the Moon (Sinatra) 4. How High the Moon (Ella Fitzgerald) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： SSIR 假说（Shared Syntactic Integration Resource）指出，语言与音乐共享神经资源。此时利用人声爵士独特的韵律感（Prosody），可以极大地加速她对词汇节拍的内化。 ○ 发育心理学： 模仿是此阶段的核心。Scat（拟声唱法）能锻炼她口腔肌肉的精细化控制，对发音清晰度有显著提升作用。32个月：工作记忆与“主题追踪” ● 曲目： 1. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) 2. Moritat (Sonny Rollins) 3. Cantaloop (Us3) 4. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 训练工作记忆（Working Memory）。大脑需要记住开头的“主题（Hook）”，并在复杂的即兴独奏中，保持对这个逻辑原点的潜意识追踪。 ○ 发育心理学： 训练解决问题的策略——在复杂变幻的环境中寻找“恒定点”。33个月：拉丁爵士（Latin Jazz）与听觉分流 ● 曲目： 1. Mambo Inn (George Shearing) 2. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) 3. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaría) 4. Tequila (Wes Montgomery) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 拉丁爵士包含大量的多声部打击乐。根据 Bregman 的理论，这要求大脑完成最高难度的流提取（Stream Segregation）。 ○ 发育心理学： 狂欢节般的节奏能释放孩子的压力，增强其在运动中的爆发力与协调性。34个月：现代融合（Fusion）与认知弹性 ● 曲目： 1. Spain (Chick Corea) 2. Birdland (Weather Report) 3. Chameleon (Herbie Hancock) 4. 500 Miles High (Chick Corea) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 引入非自然音色（合成器）。大脑需要重新识别这些信号，刺激腹侧注意网络（Ventral Attention Network）。 ○ 发育心理学： 培养对新奇事物的包容度，不让其听觉审美固化在单一的木质乐器上。35个月：极限和声（Coltrane Changes）算法建模 ● 曲目： 1. Giant Steps (John Coltrane) 2. Naima (John Coltrane) 3. Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter) 4. Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： Coltrane Changes 是爵士乐中最复杂的数学矩阵。此时输入这种极限逻辑，就像是在给计算机预装最强的算法底座，挑战其处理信息的深度。 ○ 发育心理学： 训练对“高张力”的承受力。在极度复杂的声音中寻找内在平衡，是培养未来演奏家“大将之风”的必经之路。36个月：自由即兴与全球脑连接（启蒙圆满） ● 曲目： 1. Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) 2. Hymn to Freedom (Oscar Peterson) 3. The Köln Concert (Keith Jarrett) 4. My Favorite Things (Coltrane 1961) ● 深度分析： ○ 脑神经科学： 激活默认模式网络（DMN）。这种长篇幅、大跨度的自由即兴曲目，能让大脑在不同脑区间建立长程连接，实现想象力与自我意识的统一。 ○ 发育心理学： 此时她已经拥有了一套完整的“爵士底层操作系统”。无论以后学不学琴，这套系统都将成为她认知世界、理解“自由”的底色。

Kramer Sansone is back to break down Thursday Night Football between the Jets and Patriots. There's a handful of deep play wide receivers in Week 11, and the players to avoid. We wrap things up with this week's waiver watcher. Subscribe: https://youtu.be/zX5mN02qzbo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tina Tharp is the head men's and women's tennis coach at Division II West Chester University. This is her 17th season leading the programs and her resume includes multiple Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors as well as multiple PSAC Eastern Division regular-season titles and two NCAA Atlantic Regional appearances. In Episode #245 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt welcomes Tharp in studio to talk about her career. They discuss her success at West Chester, talk about how she was introduced to tennis as a child, look back at her favorite coaching memories and much more. “1-on-1 with Matt Leon” is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on X @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @Mattleon1060.

“Creativity is my Neurostyle.”- G. Beverly Bergmann Let's discuss Recreation and DEEP Play! Re-Creation, RE CREATE. We are loving the energy and magic of Awareness and Intentionality of our words, thoughts and actions throughout our day! Divine Exquisite Ethereal Peaceful Play…. How do you use your IAM awareness to use your energy throughout the day […] Continue reading...

On episode one hundred and nineteen of Holy Ghost Notes, Matt and Tim chuckle about a funny moment Matt had with a friend/drum student and Matt inadvertently tees up one of their topics by talking about enjoying some time with his wife instead of focusing on some important tasks. Matt talks a little about the Emo's Not Dead cruise that August Burns Red is about to embark on, then transitions into the drum topic about playing drums for yourself first, before playing for anyone else's approval. Tim chimes in with a recent thought about what “the dream” is for himself as an artist/musician in 2024. Then, Tim gets deep and talks about an idea that someone in distress only needs 8 minutes of undivided attention from a friend to feel a little better. Tim opens up about a difficult situation he's been struggling with and Matt lends some great perspective.

Are you ready to meet Tasha Powell?! Join Tasha and I on a journey that invites you to access your inner peace, inspiration, and True Integration of mind, body, soul through the creative arts. Tasha's passion for creating EXPERIENCES through her art, culinary giftedness and her retreats exemplifies the BEINGNESS of DEEP PLAY. I am […] Continue reading...

For the last few weeks, I've been reflecting on the conversation I shared with you in episode 2.1 with Silvana Espinoza Lau about therapeutic goal setting.And what I've realized is that when you set out to look at the topic of setting goals in therapy in anything more than a superficial light, you relatively quickly start running into the question of what therapy is.Why, in order to examine the topic of therapeutic goals deeply and honestly, do we first have to reckon with the question of what therapy is?The existence of therapeutic goals implies something important about therapy: Therapy is a goal-directed activity.We aren't just passing the time. Therapy is supposed to accomplish something. The intention is to get somewhere different than where you started, no matter how granular or broad your goals may be. If you don't, it didn't work.So what is it that we are setting out to achieve? What's the overarching goal that we all share in the goal-directed activity of therapy, regardless of the diverse theories and delivery systems we subscribe to?What is the big goal of therapy?Listen to the full episode to hear: Why the concept of improving mental health raises more questions than it answers What differentiates therapy from other activities intended to mitigate human suffering The real impact of goal-setting in therapy What therapy has in common with game theory and play Learn more about Riva Stoudt: Into the Woods Counseling Instagram Resources: EPISODE 16: Marketing With Integrity Deep Play, Diane Ackerman

Aaron Finbloom is a philosopher, artist and pedagogue.  He is the co-founder of The School of Making Thinking (SMT) and the founder & director of The Deep Play Institute (DPI).  His practice involves expanding transformative inquiry through games, performance art and structured play.  With training in Circling, Authentic Relating, and Psychodrama, he also facilitates experimental individual and group sessions inspired by these practices.  Finbloom has presented works internationally at venues which include:  The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Gallery 151 (New York), Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei (Berlin), UNAM (Mexico City), and MainLine Theatre (Montreal). He holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities & Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, and is currently teaching Philosophy at the City College of New York and The University of Portland.    Additionally, I'll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest's choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is called The Deep Play Institute. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Aaron on: Website School of Making Thinking (SMT) The Deep Play Institute (DPI) To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter YouTube Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Friedrich Nietzsche Carl Jung Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder The Improv Book - Alison Goldie The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk Internal Family Systems - Richard Schwartz

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A Genius Cartoonist Believes Child's Play Is Anything But Frivolous by David Marchese (picked By Maillard) Remeber , Beta today Better tomorrow.  Content Minded until the singularity.

Under the right conditions, hobbies and physical activities become deep play, taking on additional layers of meaning and personal significance. Historical figures, like Winston Churchill, relished his deep play. Which, for him, was painting. “I know of nothing which, without exhausting the body,” he said, “more entirely absorbs the mind.”Ol' Churchill knew that his deep play was important not just for the fun of it, but for the positive impacts on his work. Something Alex Pang knows all about.Alex is the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He's made it his life's work to show that success doesn't demand longer hours. It demands more rest. And deep play is a central part of it.But what exactly is it? How can you find the deep play that's right for you? And can it revolutionize your work?A few curiosities you'll uncover in this episode:• The 4 elements of deep play• Why Winston Churchill likened painting to battle• The often-misunderstood relationship between work and restDid You Know?“It is not enough merely to switch off the lights which play upon the main and ordinary field of interest. A new field of interest must be illuminated. The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened, not merely by rest, but by using other parts.” – Winston ChurchillCreditsCurious State is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast hosted and produced by Doug Fraser.Find Curious State on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.Podcast Manager - Adam Cecil Podcast and Advertising Operations Specialist - Morgan ChristiansonDigital Operations Specialist - Holly HutchingsMarketing and Publicity Assistant - Davina TomlinIntern - Brendan Picha The Quick and Dirty Tips network is a division of Macmillan Publishers in partnership with Mignon Fogarty, Inc.Have a question? Or a topic you'd like covered on the show? Maybe you just love sending emails? Whichever shoe fits, tie it on and send me a message at curious@quickanddirtytips.com.

“Earth IS a tough place,” a phrase that validates and resonates with many of US. Can you relate? I did a 21 day podcast release “pause of reflection.” This has allowed intentional self care, DEEP PLAY & midyear strategy. I am right along side all of you in disbelief by what we are experiencing at […] Continue reading...

今回は公開エピソードとして収録しています。7月4日配信の『Lobsterr Letter』vol.169「Deep Play 反労働」の編集後記をお届けします。反労働的価値観とDeep Play、政治活動としてのライフスタイル、打ち切られたミレニアル 世代向け補助金、FOMOエコノミー、消えては現れる「千人の忠実なファン」、0.5セルフィーの台頭、などを話しました。 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lobsterr-fm/message

in which poet/interdisciplinary artist Clay Scofield and i talk play, the benefit of creative communities, and non-attachment to when things don't work out... where to find Clay: website - https://lizclaytonscofield.com/ instagram - lizclaytonscofield other things referenced: Deep Play by Diane Ackerman - http://www.dianeackerman.com/deep-play-by-diane-ackerman House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/ Number - http://www.numberinc.org/ The School of Making Thinking - http://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/ Tracie Morris - https://traciemorris.com/

Children are hard-wired for play. And approaches to early childhood education that create nurturing spaces for learning through play are taking new shapes in the spectrum of options increasingly available for pre-school and elementary education. In this conversation with Kristen Drake, lead-teacher and director of Fern Hollow Forest School, we explore the ways that traditional education models, especially for young kids, can be reimagined and reclaimed from what most people today think of as structured learning for kids ages 3-6. We also follow the thread of the natural curiosity we see in children, when encouraged and given a safe space to flourish, to the adult humans they grow into-and how we too need rich environments that awaken our senses and imaginations, as well as our drive to innovate and craft-ethically-from the forest, when we find ourselves there. More on Fern Hollow Forest School: https://fernhollowforestschool.com/ Conversation outline: Forest schools: what are they, and what role do they play? (00:00) play as a learning muscle (3:00) curiosity, intrinsic motivation, and integrity (7:00) outdoor education and health (14:00) unschooling, de-schooling, and forest schooling: breaking down the systemic barriers (*not* individual failings on the part of teachers and administrators) to nurturing the learning process; the weirdness of age segregation in public schools (30:00) access: barters and work-trades (35:00) growing into lifelong curiosity (42:00) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wild-honey-collective/message

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This week, Earring Magic Ken (the highest selling Ken doll of all time) has popped into our minds. Patreon - www.pateron.com/wdm1 Facebook - https://bit.ly/3iMRYc3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/2Sloskw References Barbie Meets Ken Toy Story 3: https://bit.ly/3Fn5BbA Ken's Fashion Show Toy Story 3: https://bit.ly/3CjRkKU Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3nja7Sn Black Barbie and the Deep Play of Difference https://bit.ly/3Ce5nlm Toys Will Be Toys: The Stereotypes Unravel https://nyti.ms/30twVpK Lives; What Barbie Really Taught Me https://nyti.ms/3wTimYK The true story of Mattel accidentally releasing a super gay Ken doll - KATIE DUPERE https://bit.ly/3nkjiSF Ken Comes Out https://bit.ly/3DkfjLt “When Barbie's Boyfriend Came out of the Closet” https://bit.ly/3DjUOhS This Discontinued Gay Ken Doll Will Haunt Mattel Forever https://bit.ly/3kGwTC6 The Man Behind The Doll presents Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3kFF6q7 That time Mattel made a gay Ken doll then freaked out when everyone else freaked out https://bit.ly/3Fo14Gb The most beautiful marketing blunder: Earring Magic Ken https://bit.ly/3CjXoTQ Mattel unintentionally creates a Ken doll that becomes a gay icon https://bit.ly/3Flg4Vi

Host Tony Fleming discusses article that the "Seven deadly sins" are for primetime television!

Hello beautiful people On today's podcast we have the courageous Paul Pritchard. Paul was a cutting-edge rock climber and mountaineer; having his adventures take him from the Himalayas to Patagonia to the European Alps. In 1997 Paul won the Boardman/Tasker Award for mountain literature for his book ‘Deep Play' in which he spent the prize money on a world climbing tour, finding himself climbing the slender sea stack known as the Totem Pole in Tasmania that is 65 metres high and 4 metres wide. It was at the Totem Pole in 1998, that a laptop sized boulder fell from 25 metres and hit Paul on the head; inflicting such great injuries that doctors thought he would never walk or speak again. Fortunately, he was able to, however he does have hemiplegia; experiencing paralysis on the right side of his body and the brain injury does continue to inform his speech and memory. Though Paul is now disabled, Paul is passionate about insisting that this does not mean he is unable; having since the accident climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, rode a trike through Tibet to Mount Everest, in 2016 climbed the infamous Totem Pole, 18 years after his accident, and most recently cycled through deserts and mountains for a distance of  2152km in the ‘Lowest to Highest Expedition' in Australia.What I personally love about this podcast is Paul's tenacity in continuing to live a courageous and adventurous life post-accident. He shares deep wisdom about the power of the now, the power of absolute presence, and the power of true acceptance; which he so astutely shares does not mean resignation. I will highlight that Paul does have a brain injury, as he humoursely states, ‘he is missing half his brain and most of it is plastic'; so in saying this, I have edited this podcast with Paul's encouragement to cut out pauses that he may be using to gather his thoughts as his brain does work at 50% capacity. I have left a couple of authentic and vulnerable moments in there on purpose, for us to truly connect with some of Paul's challenges when it comes to his daily life; and what really impresses me is despite these challenges in this form of communication, Paul continues to write award-winning books, with his most recent book ‘The Mountain Path' taking him 6 years to complete; typing each key with one finger ever so considered. So I think there is certainly an indirect lesson of embodying patience, particularly when it comes to your goals, from Paul too.If you are enjoying this podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, share with friends and family, become part of the To Be Human Collective, and be present, be inspired, by this raw conversation with Paul Pritchard.Connect with MeMindset Coaching | https://www.jennahlouise.com.auInstagram Personal | https://www.instagram.com/jennah_louiseConnect with PaulInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/_paulpritchard_ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/paulpritchard.com.au Website | http://www.paulpritchard.com.au

AHR author Andrew Denning speaks with historian Alyssa Sepinwall about historical video games and gaming history. Sepinwall is the author of the forthcoming book Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games. Denning’s AHR article, “Deep Play? Video Games and the Historical Imaginary,” appears in the March 2021 issue along with a cluster of reviews on the video game series “Assassin's Creed.”

Alex Pang wants you to start taking longer lunch breaks. The author of "The Distraction Addiction", "Rest", and "Shorter: Work Better, Smarter and Less" extols the virtues of dedicated rest as an antidote to the frustrations of high-achievers. Today on The Braincare Podcast, Alex shares his thesis on deep work vs. deep play. He explains why training yourself in active skilled rest catalyses new creativity, how societal attitudes to breaks need to change, and why lifelong hobbies can actually complement our work lives! We talk about: - Deep work and flow - Why the most restorative rest is active - Learning deep play with the mindset of a Buddhist monk - Why lifelong hobbies aren't competitors to work - Mountaineering means different things to different people... - Why we need to bring back lunchbreaks - Collective action for self-care

We've gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it's not a holiday. And what to do about that. What's at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work. My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments.

Paul was a pro climber in the 80’s putting up or repeating many serious routes on sea cliffs, big mountains and scrappy little quarries in Lancashire. In 1997 he won the Boardman Tasker award for his book Deep Play. With the money he went on a trip that took him to the Totem Pole, a sea stack in Tasmania. It was here that he almost lost his life after a rock hit him in the head. The accident left Paul partially paralysed and yet Paul describes this event as the best thing that ever happened to him. We talk about what he means by that, the lessons in acceptance that inevitably come with trauma like this, his experiences with meditation, the adventures he’s had post-accident and his new book! Paul is an amazing human with a lot of wisdom and little ego. Enjoy! This episode was recorded on the 3rd July.

Many of us check our email within 30 seconds of waking. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of three books, Shorter, Rest, and The Distraction Addiction, shares in this episode why we might consider refocusing our relationship with technology (“managing our attention”), why mind wandering, deep play, and rest are so critical for creativity and problem solving, and why many companies are successfully adopting a four-day workweek or a shorter workday.Resources:"How better routines create happier workers," (Financial Times, Sept 2020)"How do you switch to a four-day week?” Kingsley (The Economist Applied) (Oct 2020)“Surprising COVID-19 Side Effect: More Companies Adopt the 4-day Workweek,” Fast Company, Aug 2020. “To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter,” The Atlantic, Apr 2020.“It’s Time to End 9-5 Office Hours,” The Guardian, Mar 2020.“Shorter Hours Make Stronger Businesses,” Wall Street Journal, Feb 2020.“Why Companies Should Say Goodbye to the 996 Work Culture, and Hello to 4-day Weeks,” South China Morning Post, Apr 2019.Talks at Google- Alex's interview at Google (2019)Strategy and Rest- Alex’s consultancy LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/askpangTwitter and Instagram: @askpangAlex’s book recommendations:The Innovation Delusion (Vinsel + Russell)Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Csikszentmihalyi)The First Emancipator: Slavery, Religion, and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter (Levy)Bio:Alex Soojung-Kim Pang studies people, technologies, and the worlds they make. His latest book SHORTER explains how companies all over the world, in a variety of industries, are shortening their working hours while improving productivity and profitability.Through his company Strategy + Rest, Alex speaks and works around the world with companies who want to apply these insights in their organizations.Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania, and has been a lecturer or visiting scholar at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Oxford University, and Microsoft Research Cambridge. Alex lives in Silicon Valley.northstarsleepschool.com/podcast

Will treasure has written wide range of publications with climbers and one of the most exciting content and story was Deep play -Neil Gresham. The story is about Neil climbing one of the most dangerous climbing route called Indian Face and describing how he came close to falling off the crux. This was a pleasure to have Will treasure on the slicktalk show to provide more insight on that story with Neil and explain that irrational fear that is consumed by climbers. To listen the full story you can check will Treasure in the following Factor Two on Facebook , will treasure on Twitter @treasurewild and willtreasure.co.uk.

Rania, Creative and Creative Coach talks about growing up and living in Ghana. Also, championing the importance of inventing and recreating yourself, and engaging in Deep Play. As well as offering powerful spiritual advice along the way.

"I climb better when I'm scared." I've heard this quite a few times. I even thought it was true about myself for a while in my earlier climbing career, but it surely can't be true? After speaking with Hazel Findlay about maintaining the bubble of a flow state in the last episode, there was one part of her account which reminded me of something else. Something different. Hazel's story was about maintaining concentration and avoiding falling back into a distracted mind while climbing at her limit. Magic Line has spaced and difficult to place gear, but the physical danger was a small part of the equation. The distractions were the same social and performance anxieties that most of us deal with, coupled with an added expectation as a professional climber. When Hazel hit the rest just before the final boulder problem on Magic Line she burst out of her bubble of concentration and had to fight hard to rebuild it to finish the route. It reminded me of something. After flicking through some old magazines and guidebooks it dawned on me - Neil Gresham's account of climbing the Indian Face in 1994. Neil had described how his body was being torn apart by his mind on the final moves to the finishing jug. Anchored to that jug he had felt a wash of regret and joy at being alive. Unlike Hazel he had been completely distracted by a genuine fear of his impending death. He'd ridden it right to the edge on one of the most dangerous routes in the country. Despite this experience he went on to attempt Meshuga at Black Rocks a few years later - taking a bad fall on the unprotected section of the route and tumbling through the boulders below, sustaining a head injury that took him the best part of a year to recover from. He returned in 1999 and made the second ascent of the route. This decade of risk taking culminated in the second ascent of Equilibrium at Burbage South. He put everything he had learned into this route, physically and mentally, and when it was done he decided that was enough. He didn't want to risk his life for these routes again. On the Indian Face Neil described how close he came to falling off the crux, high on the face above questionable protection, certain that he would die. What was it that kept him on? With the tension building his calves were shaking, his tips were sweaty and his mind was wandering. He says he thought he was off, but something screamed inside him and kept him on the rock. Is there something primal that drives the urge to survive strongly enough that you can keep it together when it really matters? What was it that Neil had experienced in extremis on the Indian Face? And why would he put himself in that position again? In this episode I try to answer these questions by following Neil through the 3 ascents and understanding what's really going on in his mind, with help from clinical psychologist Dr Rebecca Williams. Factor Two is brought to you by Wil Treasure and UKClimbing.com Neil Gresham offers training and coaching services at NeilGresham.com. Dr Rebecca Williams is a psychological coach for climbers and a consultant clinical psychologist. You can find more information on her website at smartclimbing.co.uk. You can follow Factor Two on Facebook. Wil Treasure on Twitter - @treasurewild Music credits: All music in this episode comes from Blue Dot Sessions.

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Missy Brown is a pioneer in the field of wellness and yoga for children. Her classes and programs transform lives through play and joy. She runs an organization called Deep Play for Kids that trains and certifies teachers how to teach yoga to children. We talk about fun ways to teach kids yoga and meditation and the importance of children having a powerful yoga toolkit at an early age. Check out her trainings, classes, and books at www.deepplayforkids.com

During this installment, we are going to talk about no shows and a solution to address this common problem.Do you prepare and get ready for patients to show up for their appointment through huddles and pre-visit planning? Do you feel like all of that preparation is for nothing when the patient never shows up? Join us as we interview Melissa Stratman, CEO of Coleman Associates, and discover a play from the No Show Playbook.Are you Frustrated with No Shows and the impact it has on healthcare, start running a few of the plays? Get your copy of the No-Show Playbook here.If there is something that you are interested and would love to learn more, reach out to us and let us know.Tweet us @colemanassoc, send us an email, or follow us on Facebook.Guests: Melissa Stratman Host:Ryan Jury

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we need to train our recovery the same way we train our Deep Work. We want to create nice, rhythmic waves in our lives and prioritize rest. One great way to do that? Deep Play.   I briefly mentioned the fact that, as Alex Pang tells us in his great book Rest, when we look closely at the routines of some of history’s greatest, most creative and most prolific creators what we find is that they don’t actually work that much.   Here’s how he puts it: “Figures as different as Charles Dickens, Henri Poincaré, and Ingmar Bergman, working in disparate fields in different times, all shared a passion for their work, a terrific ambition to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work. The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking. Their creativity and productivity, in other words, were not the results of endless hours of toil. Their towering creative achievements result from modest ‘working’ hours. …   If some of history’s greatest figures didn’t put in immensely long hours, maybe the key to unlocking the secret of their creativity lies in understanding not just how they labored but how they rested, and how the two relate.”   That again, is from a chapter he calls “4 Hours.”   As in, the greatest creators tend to work only 4 hours a day.    But, they put first things first and GO DEEP.   Then, they recover.   The 4-Hour Workday. ← That would be an epic book.   btw: For those paying close attention, you may recall that we actually had a very similar +1 not too long ago featuring wisdom from Anders Ericsson and Tony Schwartz. We called that one The 4.5-Hour Workday.    I love how we come back to the same wisdom again and again (and again!!). As Tony Robbins says, repetition is the mother of skill; or, in our case, repetition is the mother of wise Optimizing.    (One more aside: I’m reminded of a recent philosophical ping-pong chat with Cal Newport. We talked about the fact that all great traditions come back to the same themes and I remarked that Optimizing by integrating ancient wisdom + modern science + practical tools like we do is kinda like looking at all the facets of a gem from different angles so you can appreciate its full beauty.)   One more little facet of the Today’s gem then we’ll get back to our 4-Hour Workday.   We’ve talked a lot about Scott Adams and Stephen King. Alex talks about their daily rhythms and tells us: “Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, works about four hours a day on the strip and other writing; as he points out, ‘My value is based on my best ideas in any given day, not the number of hours I work.’ Stephen King describes four to six hours of reading and writing as a ‘strenuous’ day.”   There ya go.    Get clear on what matters. GO DEEP. Daily. Accrete value in your most important work. Recover. Deeply. Repeat.   That’s Today’s +1.   Now, go enjoy your 4-Hour Workday!

In our last +1, we talked about the fact that we need to train our recovery the same way we train our Deep Work. We want to create nice, rhythmic waves in our lives and prioritize rest. One great way to do that? Deep Play.   I briefly mentioned the fact that, as Alex Pang tells us in his great book Rest, when we look closely at the routines of some of history’s greatest, most creative and most prolific creators what we find is that they don’t actually work that much.   Here’s how he puts it: “Figures as different as Charles Dickens, Henri Poincaré, and Ingmar Bergman, working in disparate fields in different times, all shared a passion for their work, a terrific ambition to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work. The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking. Their creativity and productivity, in other words, were not the results of endless hours of toil. Their towering creative achievements result from modest ‘working’ hours. …   If some of history’s greatest figures didn’t put in immensely long hours, maybe the key to unlocking the secret of their creativity lies in understanding not just how they labored but how they rested, and how the two relate.”   That again, is from a chapter he calls “4 Hours.”   As in, the greatest creators tend to work only 4 hours a day.    But, they put first things first and GO DEEP.   Then, they recover.   The 4-Hour Workday. ← That would be an epic book.   btw: For those paying close attention, you may recall that we actually had a very similar +1 not too long ago featuring wisdom from Anders Ericsson and Tony Schwartz. We called that one The 4.5-Hour Workday.    I love how we come back to the same wisdom again and again (and again!!). As Tony Robbins says, repetition is the mother of skill; or, in our case, repetition is the mother of wise Optimizing.    (One more aside: I’m reminded of a recent philosophical ping-pong chat with Cal Newport. We talked about the fact that all great traditions come back to the same themes and I remarked that Optimizing by integrating ancient wisdom + modern science + practical tools like we do is kinda like looking at all the facets of a gem from different angles so you can appreciate its full beauty.)   One more little facet of the Today’s gem then we’ll get back to our 4-Hour Workday.   We’ve talked a lot about Scott Adams and Stephen King. Alex talks about their daily rhythms and tells us: “Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, works about four hours a day on the strip and other writing; as he points out, ‘My value is based on my best ideas in any given day, not the number of hours I work.’ Stephen King describes four to six hours of reading and writing as a ‘strenuous’ day.”   There ya go.    Get clear on what matters. GO DEEP. Daily. Accrete value in your most important work. Recover. Deeply. Repeat.   That’s Today’s +1.   Now, go enjoy your 4-Hour Workday!

We’ve gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. * The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it’s not a holiday. And what to do about that. * What’s at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work. * My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments. #boundlessleadership Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/worklifeexperiment

Paul was an extreme rock climber and mountaineer  from the UK. His adventures took him from Europe to the Himalayas, the Karakoram to Patagonia, Baffin Island to Australia On Friday the 13th of February 1998 a TV-sized boulder falling from 25 meters inflicted such terrible head injuries that doctors thought he might never walk or even speak again. Being in hospital for a year gave Paul the impetus to write his second book: The Totem Pole in 2000. This narrative about his personal journey through hemiplegia also won the Boardman/Tasker prize and the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize and was translated into four languages. Nominated for the Banff Prize, The Longest Climb followed in 2005. He has continued to lead a challenging life, climbing Kilimanjaro, caving, sea kayaking, river rafting and, in 2009, lead rock climbing again. Paul rode a recumbent trike through Tibet to Mount Everest and, in 2016 he finally climbed the Totem Pole, 18 years after his accident. His latest journey was the 2152 km World Expeditions Lowest to Highest Expedition. Paul has spent his time since the accident in contemplation of the hemiplegia which has robbed his right side of movement and continues to play tricks with his speech and memory. He sees the accident as a precious gift and describes it as the best thing that has ever happened to him. He is a passionate believer that without the mountains he climbed, and moreso the Totem Pole accident, he would not have learnt some crucial life lessons. Those lessons learned in the mountains got him through a harrowing injury, and the painfully slow recovery process has engendered a life lived in the moment. "I use them still, repeatedly, each day of my second, radically different life."  When he won the Boardman/Tasker Award for mountain literature in 1997, with his book Deep Play, he spent the prize money on a world climbing tour that found him in Tasmania climbing a slender sea stack known as The Totem Pole. It was here that all he had known before was turned on its head. We would like to thank our show sponsors The North Face - Premier Outdoor equipment specialists who have been kitting out adventurers around the world for the past 50 years.  Specialists in trail running gear - Check out their full range at www.thenorthface.co.nz Running Hot Coaching:  The online training platform run by Lisa Tamati and Neil Wagstaff.  Do you have a dream to run a big race, maybe a half marathon, a marathon or even an ultramarathon? Have you struggled to fit in the training in your busy life? Maybe you don't know where to start or perhaps you have done a few races but keep having motivation or injuries troubles? Do you want to beat last years time or finish at the front of the pack? If you answered yes to any of these questions then we can help you. We promise to get you to the start line in the best shape ever! We will give you the benefit of our years of knowledge and experience in competing and training athletes, so you can avoid the mistakes, train efficiently, have fun and stay in optimal health while you are doing it. So who are we? Lisa Tamati is an a professional ultramarathon runner with over 25 years experiences racing the world's toughest endurance events and leading expeditions. Author of two internationally published running adventure books. She is also a mindset expert. From crossing the Libyan desert on foot to running Death Valley to running the length of NZ for charity, she has been there and done that. For more information on Lisa click here: www.lisatamati.co.nz Neil Wagstaff is an exercise scientist, coach and ultramarathon runner with over 22 years experience in the health and fitness industry. He has trained hundreds of athletes and coaches alike to the successful completion of their goals.  For more info or to download our free run training ecourse go to www.runninghotcoaching.com/running-success Training Tilt software - a complete toolkit for trainers, health and fitness professionals, coaches and nutritionists, combine your website, ecommerce needs, client communication and training plans into one easy to use platform. Find out more at www.lisatamati.co.nz/trainingtilt   The Path of an Athlete - Mindset academy. An in-depth online programme that teaches you how to develop mental toughness, resilience, leadership skills, a never quit mentality, mental wellbeing and the keys for success in anything you set your mind to. Do you wish you had the mental toughness of an extreme athlete? Do you seek the confidence to deal with any threat, to steer any situation or challenge to a positive outcome? If so, you can now learn the secrets to mental toughness and to developing a never quit mindset from someone who has been there and done that and lived to tell the tale. For more information go to www.lisatamati.co.nz/ecourse    

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In this episode Paul Pritchard reads his own story, Rubble Merchants, Slate Heads and Others from his book, Deep Play.

  This week, after opening with an excerpt from Diane Ackerman's Deep Play, Dan discusses what is at stake. What is it that rich, meaningful play requires of us?

In this near-experimental (rough) pilot episode we discuss the slogan/meme/movement of 'Against Modern Football'. We try to ask what modern football is, look the case against it, describe strategies and consider the place of football within the dynamic processes of history. Everything changes.

Max Cafard's Surre(gion)alist Manifest first appeared in Exquisite Corpse in 1990 and was afterwards republished with a preface by New Orleans poet Andrei Codrescu. Arguing for the eminence of the local as a point of view, the manifesto urged readers to consider their own perspective, political and culture, as the outcome of their existence at a certain place and time. It argued that only in radical utopian moments such as May 1968 do individuals become able to envision life beyond the bounds of their own history. The Surre(gion)alist Manifesto excavates radical European and Chinese philosophy for a new political philosophy appropriate to twenty-first century America. It looks back to the radical individual Taoism of Lao Tse, the utopian experiments of nineteenth-century Europe, the anarchist/individualist critique of Dada, and the radical Situationist Internationale of 1960s Paris, searching for a utopian logic that respects the radical difference of place and individual will. The intellectual roots here are serious: the analysis of psychogeography pioneered by Bachelard, Dubord, and De Certeau, combined with the Henri Lefebvre's critique of capitalism. Cafard reduces, engineering a new dialectic of liberation, a landscapey recipe, the navigation between the "utopian nowhere of meaning and the topian density of earth."In the Manifesto, attention to local landscape offers a movement towards political and economic liberation. Cafard urges, Strive to reject the people who would manage you from another place far away, whether they are capitalists or teachers. Try not to be like them: try to live instead in the landscape of your journey, taking lessons from the cities and seasons where you find yourself. This injunction to inhabit the local first, as a beginning of a radical politics, is explained more fully in another fine essay, "Deep Play in the City." Here Cafard applies radical psychogeography as an instruction set for looking at urban landscapes. Landscapeyness becomes the beginning of radical political freedom. The video version of the Manifesto is here presented by Cafard's student Andrew Goodrich. If you'd prefer the text version, you can find it here.