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Deep Play

By Diane Ackerman

By Diane Ackerman

By Diane Ackerman

By Diane Ackerman

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Paperback $16.00

Aug 08, 2000 | ISBN 9780679771357

Ebook $12.99

Jun 01, 2011 | ISBN 9780307763334

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    About Deep Play

    The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.

    “Deep play” is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be “in the moment” and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.

    About Deep Play

    The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.

    “Deep play” is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be “in the moment” and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.

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    About Diane Ackerman

    Diane Ackerman has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to garnering many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestselling The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New… More about Diane Ackerman

    About Diane Ackerman

    Diane Ackerman has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to garnering many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestselling The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New… More about Diane Ackerman

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Personal Growth

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 08, 2000 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679771357

    Category: Philosophy | Personal Growth

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 01, 2011 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307763334
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    Praise

    “[Ackerman] brings such joy to the page…. The very act of reading this original, exultant, sage, poetic, and generous meditation on the importance of enchantment is deep play, and you can’t ask that a book be anything more wonderful than that.”—Booklist

    “A fascinating subject…. Ackerman writes a swiftly moving and sensuous prose.”—The Washington Post Book World

    “Ackerman is a skilled observer of nature and a lyrical prose stylist…. This is a human keenly attuned to her senses.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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