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much sooner, and one is, at least more immediately, forced to confront the
realities of location and otherness. I open with this anecdote to both help in
grounding this text within a particular context, as well as to employ an
example of playing with meanings as a method of accommodation and
representation; if I care2 about having a good conversation, I play with
meanings in order to come up with relatively satisfying responses to
conventional questions, and carry on the conversation; if I didnt care, and
this would depend on my mood and attitude, I would respond to convention
with convention, and the conversation would be uninteresting and routine.
In her description of a loving playful attitude, Lugones is pointing to a
way of making connections with others
2 It may be possible to think of loving playfulness in response to care, as will be distinguished below.