Sublime

Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries.

Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries.

To be serious is to press for a specified conclusion. To be playful is to allow for possibility whatever the cost to oneself.

It is a principal function of society to validate titles and to assure their perpetual recognition.

When a person is known only by name, the attention of others is on an open future.

Surprise causes finite play to end; it is the reason for infinite play to continue.

Just as it is essential for a finite game to have a definitive ending, it must also have a precise beginning.

Infinite players die. Since the boundaries of death are always part of the play, the infinite player does not die at the end of play, but in the course of play.

Death for the finite player is deserved, earned. “The wages of sin is death” (Paul).