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"Under the shifting hegemony of now this, now that science
or art, the Game of games had developed into a kind of universal language
through which the players could express values and set these in relation
to one another. Throughout its history the Game was closely allied with
music, and usually proceeded according to musical and mathematical rules.
One theme, two themes, or three themes were stated, elaborated, varied,
and underwent a development quite similar to that of the theme in a Bach
fugue or a concerto movement. A Game, for example, might start from a given
astronomical configuration, or from the actual theme of a Bach fugue, or
from a sentence out of Leibniz or the Upanishads, and from this theme, depending
on the intentions and talents of the player, it could either further explore
and elaborate the initial motif or else enrich its expressiveness by allusions
to kindred concepts. Beginners learned how to establish parallels, by means
of the Game's symbols, between a piece of classical music and the formula
for some law of nature. Experts and Masters of the Game freely wove the
initial theme into unlimited combinations." |
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In my words--- it is a way to refer to everything, science, art, music,
spirit and so forth
and to show the relations and connections that everything has with everything
else.
When I read this novel in the late sixties, this idea was very hard to
think possible to do.Now with computers and the whole human consciousness
expanding it seems an idea that might be possible.
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