In this episode I take you on a walk with my little dog Teddy and along the Way we encounter play in a very direct way.Then I let you take a sneak peak at my daughter and her kind of play.Then we look at trying to define play is like pinning a butterfly.From all these examples I distill the nature of play down to five criteria which will be the backbone of all our future explorations. SO, being this important I will write them out here so the two or three of you who reads this can benefit.The five criteria of play:1 - Play is fun. It’s intensely pleasurable and enjoyable. So when we play we don’t want it to stop.2 - Play is self motivated, which means it has to be entered into voluntarily.3 - Play is apparently purposeless. We play for the sake of playing not to achieve some further goal.4 - Play has rules.5 - Play is imaginative and improvisational.Support the Show....Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is the best new way to suport the podcast project. Become a proud parader of your passion for Showmanship and our glorious Craft whilst simultanously helping to gather more followers for the Way.You'll find the store here: https://thewayoftheshowman.printdrop.com.auIf you want to help support this podcast it would be tremendous if you wrote a glowing review on iTunes or Spotify.If you want to contact me about anything, including wanting me to collaborate on one of your projects you can reach me on thewayoftheshowman@gmail.comor find out more on the Way of the Showman website.you can follow the Way of Instagram where it is, not surprisingly thewayoftheshowman.If you find it in you and you have the means to do so, you can suport the podcast financially at:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/captainfrodo