Simple beads, endless possibilities. I love the Game of Go), the Game of Life, the Glass Bead Game, or anything that distills intricate ideas into arrangments of beads.

The games express a higher vision of order, a meditative kind of beauty.

Laws of the Game, following the tradition of philosophical games, is a complex yet delightful book by Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler. Using simple games, it illustrates concepts of biology, economics, and even music. It shows how the interplay of rules and chances can create — as Coleridge would say — unity in variety.

Indeed, enlightenment is when one has acquired all knowledge and experiences, yet retain a child's heart, which is always full of playfulness and wonderment.

— 2005. 11. 16