The existence of the universe is playful

For you to enjoy - one of my favorite texts by

Alan Watts - British philosopher1915-1973

„The existence, the physical universe is basically playful. There is no necessity for it whatsoever. It isn’t going anywhere. That is to say, it doesn’t have some destination that it ought to arrive at. But it is best understood by analogy with music, because music, as an art form is essentially playful..

We say, “You play the piano.” You don’t work the piano. Why? Music differs from, say, travel. When you travel, you are trying to get somewhere. In music, though, one doesn’t make the end of a composition the point of the composition. If that were so, the best conductors would be those who played fastest. And there would be composers who only wrote finales. People would go to a concert just to hear one crackling chord… because that’s the end!

Same thing with dancing. You don’t aim at a particular spot in the room because that’s where you will arrive. The whole point of the dancing is the dance itself.