4. Play & Pleasure
- Author
- Violet Stone Gutierrez
- Published
- Fri 17 Feb 2023
- Episode Link
- https://stonegutierrez.substack.com/p/5-play-and-pleasure
Johan Huizinga’s definition of “play” reminds me of Octavio Paz’s definition of “eroticism” – that it exists for the sake of itself. Which also sounds like something God allegedly said – “I am that I am.” This puts pleasure and play decidedly close to God in my factoring, though, it’s true, I’ve never been too good at maths.
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