This is the evolutionary value of play- play makes us flexible. By reinterpreting reality and begetting novelty, we keep from becoming rigid. Play enables us to rearrange our capacities and our very identity so that they can be used in unforeseen ways.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

Fidgeting and boredom are the symptoms of fear of emptiness, which we try to fill up with whatever we can lay our hands on.

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.

The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling and frustrating, are in fact the growing edges. We see these opportunities the instant we drop our preconceptions and our self-importance.

We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other's pearl making.

There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs