The Bliss of the Infinite Game

The Gathering Pod by Martha Beck

Aug 13, 202633:45Education

Recently I asked for a sign that a painting I’d been working on was the right course for me. The next day, a stranger’s near-death story described my painting almost perfectly. That coincidence reminded me of James Carse...

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