Mind Like Water - seeing games
Neil March 2nd, 2008
I don’t really need to tell you that I don’t watch TV do I?
How about I challenge you to improve your seeing by escaping from the bombardment of your senses in front of the TV?
You see TV makes you a captive audience to 30 second intelligence aimed at motivating you to buy something or continue to be glued to the nonsense. Kill your TV and watch movies if you must, but kill your TV and play a seeing game!
Othello is a great option. In it, you must capture pieces by surrounding them with your color of chip. This game can challenge your mind to make strategy and predictive decisions, help you to see in B+W, and improve your pattern recognition skills. The game is pretty exciting and can go from win to loose in several moves. And as a strategy hint, win the corners!
Chinese checkers is probably my favorite board game. Maybe cause I hardly loose. Chinese checkers is unique in that it’s a positivist strategy game - no pieces die or are captured - it’s only who can get to the other side first. Chinese checkers will demand that you analyze a complex and changing system to make the most positive move within the current design. The game reflects the efficiency of nature and will help you see connections and act on them, this will transfer to your photographic and artistic endeavors.
I believe each of these games will improve your visual awareness, calm your mind, and give you some fun with your loved ones.
this is Liesl - I just wanted to say that I beat Neil’s butt at Othello the other night, as in at the end of the game the ENTIRE board was black (he was white).
I have never ever beat anyone so badly! It was wonderful! Mostly because he beats me EVERY time at Chinese checkers. well, 99% of the time anyway.