Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Johnson & Cluff Kids Playing
For many of us, the best thing about watching the clip of Johnson & Cluff Kids Playing is knowing that we are nowhere near the mayhem. The next best thing is trying to figure out what exactly they are playing. And shortly thereafter, the realization that these kids aren't hurting each other.
Despite the differences in ages and bodies and understandings of the game, these kids are in fact playing very well together, brilliantly, one might say, especially if one turns down the sound. In further fact they are playing together. Not only together, one might note, but intimately together.
Which, for some of us, is a very useful reminder, once again, that kids, given the chance, can and often will play together, safely, creatively, lovingly.
And at the same time, a kind of commentary about how adults, given similar opportunities, don't.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
Despite the differences in ages and bodies and understandings of the game, these kids are in fact playing very well together, brilliantly, one might say, especially if one turns down the sound. In further fact they are playing together. Not only together, one might note, but intimately together.
Which, for some of us, is a very useful reminder, once again, that kids, given the chance, can and often will play together, safely, creatively, lovingly.
And at the same time, a kind of commentary about how adults, given similar opportunities, don't.
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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