MOVIE

FindCenter AddIcon

Playtime

1967

Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.

155 min

FindCenter Video Image

Deep Play

With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.

Book
Diane Ackerman
2024
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Diane Ackerman on the Evolutionary and Existential Purpose of Deep Play

“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary miracles.”

Article
Maria Popova
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader

In these pages, some of today’s most wonderful culture-makers—writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers—reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character.

Book
Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick
2018
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Imagination and Creativity