Serious fun

 (scattered-thoughts.net)

73 points | by luu4 天前

8 comments

  • ferfumarma2 天前
    This post led me to this amazing video about Janja Garnbret

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_W2hT-HDY

  • MontagFTB1 天前
    That post links to another, “Surely you can be serious,” that does a good job defining being serious, pitfalls to avoid, and steps you can take: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/surely-you-can-be-ser...
  • remoquete2 天前
    As John Cleese once said, “serious doesn’t inevitably mean solemn”.
    • Daub2 天前
      Didn’t he also say "ni"?
      • remoquete2 天前
        And also "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!", of course.
  • foolswisdom2 天前
    Related to the playful vs serious, I got a lot out of this essay

    > The Playful and the Serious: An approximation to Huizinga's Homo Ludens

    <https://gamestudies.org/06010601/articles/rodriges>

  • jml7c51 天前
    This may not be exactly what the author is writing about (which is a more about creativity), but I find that Matt Levine's writing is just about the perfect ratio of serious to glib. The playful parts are clever and usually in service of whatever point he's making. Entertaining and relatable without the air of trying too hard.

    James Mickens is another example, though he leans toward being a humorist first rather than a Serious Person being a bit playful.

  • Daub2 天前
    The literature of creativity rakes playfulness very seriously. It is playfulness that creates productive association between two apparently disparate elements. Playfulness evolved in the mammalian brain precisely for the purpose of learning new things.

    The author of TFA is right to position it at the beginning of the creative process. When the fun is over, skills, craftsmanship and problem solving need to take over before the final outcome becomes real.

  • kaeruct1 天前
    Oh I thought this would be about Natsume-
  • hammock1 天前
    Type 2 fun