Amusement
My teachers rightly praised the state of mind and spirit called 'amusement' which does not mean laughing at things so much as finding them interesting: observing from that neutral point of view from which one can be seeing them for what they are; appreciating them for their innate absurdity. We human beings do have such a propensity to be both absurd and sublime at once. Children, we are, playing in the world, trying to explain and understand things from our vast supply of imagination, and very... Sign in to see full entry.