If Plato were alive today he could add matchmaking mogul to his list of achievements.
Put aside his important philosophical dialogues, his studies of logic, mathematics and rhetoric. Never mind his intense musings with teacher Socrates or his stern lectures to student Aristotle. Plato knew something far more valuable. He supplied us with a basic truth about humankind.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
But somewhere over the centuries we got confused. We began to analyze our illogical behaviours, our irrational desires for chick flicks and chocolate. We went to great lengths to find good research, sometimes going as far as Mars or Venus. We developed complicated online surveys to quantify and locate our perfect soulmates. We invented speed dating, blind dating, pub dating and lunch dating. Essentially we took all the fun out of what should be the most spontaneous wonder; we made finding human connection the ultimate goal.
uma hora do jogo ~ one hour of play
This week’s chick<8000clicks>chick is all about capturing that one hour of play. I’m grooving to the tunes of DJ Penfold in Disco@Cabril on the left while djbeat is in Vancouver listening to sweet tones of ‘The Big Hungry Bear’ on the right.
Plato knew that play dates aren’t just for kids.
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PS: Obrigadinha to Daddy P, djbeat, 70steen, daisyfae, Penfold, Sue, St Jude, KPX, Emma and Priscilla for their comments on It’s Not Quite a Jaguar.
That’s a verbal spreadsheet isn’t it? ….. you can’t fool me ……
[Love the 'jelly fingers' piccy]
Geléia, a bit like what my legs will look like after an hour of skiing …
i stumble upon the coolest people when i’m out at play… love the ‘hands’ themes in both pics!
Hmmm … interesting that we would both choose strong, manly hands for an hour of play (!) …
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