“ Much of human play, perhaps even most, remains unseen. I mean, of course, the play of imagination, daydreaming, or fantasy. This fantasy does sometimes leave its traces. Is that what we see in Paleolithic art? I think so. It had to be that nucleus that generated most of Paleolithic art, as indeed it must underlie most art. That is why their art allows us a glimpse into their fancy, their imagination itself. Like them, we live amid relentless internal fantasy…. We are, in essence, more playful than we think. The perspective of natural history reveals us as profoundly creative animals.
R. Dale Guthrie, The Nature of Paleolithic Art, page 385.
R. Dale Guthrie, The Nature of Paleolithic Art, page 385.
