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====== Potential Space and Playing ====== | ====== Potential Space and Playing ====== | ||
===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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+ | “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, | ||
+ | imagination points to all we might discover and create.” Albert Einstein | ||
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The potential space is the space outside of the [[theory: | The potential space is the space outside of the [[theory: | ||
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+ | ===== Entering the Potential Space ===== | ||
As the client shifts and moves the [[theory: | As the client shifts and moves the [[theory: | ||
Through the act of drawing and with a sense of play, the client is enabling themselves to access their potential space. Recent research work is showing that the use of ‘[[http:// | Through the act of drawing and with a sense of play, the client is enabling themselves to access their potential space. Recent research work is showing that the use of ‘[[http:// | ||
+ | ===== The Nature of the Potential Space ===== | ||
The potential space is also concerned with symbols, the meaning of meaning and is the basis of creativity, where what is conceived of is then superimposed on the external reality, to be then found and discovered. This ability to create in this way, originates from the adaptation of need where external reality is imposed on what the infant conceives of. | The potential space is also concerned with symbols, the meaning of meaning and is the basis of creativity, where what is conceived of is then superimposed on the external reality, to be then found and discovered. This ability to create in this way, originates from the adaptation of need where external reality is imposed on what the infant conceives of. | ||
In summing up then, we are looking to provide opportunities of expanding outside of the problem space into the potential space. | In summing up then, we are looking to provide opportunities of expanding outside of the problem space into the potential space. |