The article reflects on a personal experience involving wooden ramps and balls, showcasing how repetitive play can lead to exploration and creativity. Initially easy but increasingly complex, the ramp-building activity allowed the author and their son to develop skills, adapt techniques, and generate creative solutions. This kind of repetition contrasts with traditional optimization; it's more about discovery and exploration. Engaging in such activities not only deepens understanding but also enhances inner resources, illustrating the value of playful experimentation in personal development.
By the time my son got bored with the whole exercise, earlier this year, we'd become ramp experts, capable of seeing untapped ramp potential in almost any random object.
This is a special kind of effortful repetition...many parts of our lives, we repeat ourselves in order to optimize or perfect a task.
There's another kind of repetitive activity, though—one that combines loops of repetition with variation to allow for exploration and discovery.
It's not about a fixed goal but about the journey of experimentation and discovery, inviting us to change our approach in an open-ended way.
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