Okay.
So I'll admit it, right here, right now:
I played with toys WAY longer than was socially accepted.
I continued playing with my action figures until maybe until I was about 14.
Okay, keep laughing. Are you done yet? Alright. Okay.
Really, the kinds of "play" that I was doing by the end was fairly sophisticated roleplaying stuff, the kind of thing that I was also doing with my roleplaying pals when we played Dungeons and Dragons.
I was imagining strange worlds, odd monster races, and weird stories.
You know what, I'm okay with that. Why?
I'll tell you a secret:
Because great design and creation is all about PLAY. I'm not saying that I'm great at it, mind you, but I am saying that Play is the foundation of what I create, how I think, and maybe even a little of how I live.
Now, Play has to be tempered with thought, planning, and a whole lot of hard work to be meaningful, but the end result is fairly worthless without this foundation.
And if I've stayed being a kid a bit too long, oh well, that's okay. I need to keep thinking like I did when I was 14. It's important to me.
Is Play part of your life anymore?
- Daniel
