by Ellary Eddy | Sep 14, 2019 | PLAY, ETC
I clipped this video as I watched Eric Rohmer’s movie Claire’s Knee. These are actually the very words Beatrice Romand spoke at her audition. Rohmer incorporated them into the script. The adorable Beatrice is so young and yet so wise. I will use this technique every...
by Ellary Eddy | Jul 30, 2018 | PLAY, ETC
I’m beginning to realize that many of my epiphanies about Play correlate with my love of words. I am lexivorous and playful in equal measure. In this instance, I have to credit Apple’s screen saver function, particularly that one devoted to dictionary...
by Ellary Eddy | Jul 23, 2018 | LEXIVORE, PLAY, ETC
The great archetypal activities of human society are all permeated with play from the start. Take language for instance, that first and supreme instrument which man shapes in order to communicate, to teach, to command. Language allows him to distinguish, to establish,...
