Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Minor and Major Fun, and 52 more
There's more than one kind of fun.
According to the Oaqui, there are 613 kinds, amongst which Deep Fun is only one.
And though I am still in the process of exploring Deep Fun, after more almost 10 years of writing about it, and still have not as yet been able to arrive at anything approaching a comprehensive or even satisfactory definition of the term, I find myself apparently irresistibly drawn to making some attempt at cataloging at least some of the other varieties, or, shall we say "flavors" of fun.
Hubris, you say? Perhaps. A waste of time? Perhaps that too. But even more perhaps, might it not possibly happen that in the process of enumeration and contradistinction, we might come to a better understanding of fun itself?
Realizing that I could in no way sustain an effort as monumental as the Oaqui 613, it was my plan to explore a mere handful of other kinds of fun, or, at most, perhaps two handsful.
Both alas and alack, before I could even launch such a modest effort I once again found myself almost luridly lured by my love for alliteration into contemplating an effort that far exceeds any need for clarity, and most certainly crosses the boundaries of good sense.
Hence, this proposal towards a collaborative and clearly half-vast undertaking - a cataloging and enumerating of not one, nor even 10, but of potentially 54 Flavors of Fun.
I exemplify with two: "Minor Fun" and its complement, Major.
52 more to go.
Admittedly, it is a task too ambitious for even one such as I. And yes, by I, I mean the very same I who has devoted some 40 years of actual thought to this selfsame pursuit.
I therefore implicitly with this post, invite, solicit, encourage, anticipate, and otherwise welcome your participation in the creation of at least 52 more future fun-flavored posts. Connect with me. Leave comments. E-me. Tell me about Tell me your favorite Fun Flavor and why. Elaborate on a previously noted Flavors and how. Let us together formulate the 54. If it prove a fool-hearty venture well, all the more heartening. Whether we will succeed or not, what it will be will be fun.
Here's an exemplary list to help us commence contemplating the rolling of the proverbial stone.
The stone rolls on. May the bryophytes gather.
I await your mossy word.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
According to the Oaqui, there are 613 kinds, amongst which Deep Fun is only one.
And though I am still in the process of exploring Deep Fun, after more almost 10 years of writing about it, and still have not as yet been able to arrive at anything approaching a comprehensive or even satisfactory definition of the term, I find myself apparently irresistibly drawn to making some attempt at cataloging at least some of the other varieties, or, shall we say "flavors" of fun.
Hubris, you say? Perhaps. A waste of time? Perhaps that too. But even more perhaps, might it not possibly happen that in the process of enumeration and contradistinction, we might come to a better understanding of fun itself?
Realizing that I could in no way sustain an effort as monumental as the Oaqui 613, it was my plan to explore a mere handful of other kinds of fun, or, at most, perhaps two handsful.
Both alas and alack, before I could even launch such a modest effort I once again found myself almost luridly lured by my love for alliteration into contemplating an effort that far exceeds any need for clarity, and most certainly crosses the boundaries of good sense.
Hence, this proposal towards a collaborative and clearly half-vast undertaking - a cataloging and enumerating of not one, nor even 10, but of potentially 54 Flavors of Fun.
I exemplify with two: "Minor Fun" and its complement, Major.
52 more to go.
Admittedly, it is a task too ambitious for even one such as I. And yes, by I, I mean the very same I who has devoted some 40 years of actual thought to this selfsame pursuit.
I therefore implicitly with this post, invite, solicit, encourage, anticipate, and otherwise welcome your participation in the creation of at least 52 more future fun-flavored posts. Connect with me. Leave comments. E-me. Tell me about Tell me your favorite Fun Flavor and why. Elaborate on a previously noted Flavors and how. Let us together formulate the 54. If it prove a fool-hearty venture well, all the more heartening. Whether we will succeed or not, what it will be will be fun.
Here's an exemplary list to help us commence contemplating the rolling of the proverbial stone.
1. absolute fun
2. aggressive fun
3. angry fun
4. beautiful fun
5. charming fun
6. competitive fun
7. cooperative fun
8. dangerous fun
9. daring fun
10. deep fun
11. dizzy fun
12. dramatic fun
13. eternal fun
14. exciting fun
15. faux fun
16. funny fun
17. gentle fun
18. good fun
19. graceful fun
20. healthy fun
21. illegal fun
22. imaginary fun
23. innocent fun
24. intimate fun
25. lazy fun
26. loving fun
27. major fun
28. mature fun
29. mean fun
30. minor fun
31. naked fun
32. nasty fun
33. natural fun
34. naughty fun
35. organized fun
36. peaceful fun
37. profitable fun
38. restful fun
39. risky fun
40. scary fun
41. sensual fun
42. serious fun
43. sexy fun
44. significant fun
45. silly fun
46. spiritual fun
47. spontaneous fun
48. stoned fun
49. surprising fun
50. teasing fun
51. tickling fun
52. transforming fun
53. visionary fun
54. whole fun
The stone rolls on. May the bryophytes gather.
I await your mossy word.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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