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.
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...
This post led me to this amazing video about Janja Garnbret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_W2hT-HDY
As John Cleese once said, “serious doesn’t inevitably mean solemn”.
Didn’t he also say "ni"?
And also "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!", of course.
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.
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>
Type 2 fun