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.