June 2014

“To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as though nothing of consequence will happen. On the contrary, when we are playful with each other we relate as free persons, and the relationship is open to surprise; everything that happens is of consequence. It is, in fact, seriousness that closes itself to consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open

I had a beautiful encounter one day with a troubled lady Police Constable. If an onlooker had to speak about the incident it would very literally appear that I was the one in trouble because I was stopped for speaking on the phone while driving. But the moments of those 20 minutes unfolded thus that she emerged as the one on the distressed side.