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Fred
& Gwilym is an expression of Everyman's love affair.
Or at least that's how I saw it when Mom showed
me the pieces. So that's how I wrote it.
Fred
Fred
is the quintessential game freak. He is intently,
innately attuned to the numerous possibilities
presented by each play. The intricacies of the
world upon the board are his primary and perhaps
sole excitement.Winning is not his goal.
His multifaceted
understanding reduces the pace of the game; conventional
timepieces are impractical in measuring the duration
of his turn.
No one
knows whether the Game originated in Fred's imagination,
or simply as a response to the growing interaction
between the Players. Some authorities even insist
that Gwilym meant the first stone as a gift of
some sort, but that Fred accepted it as an ante,
and the Game began. One thing agreed upon by all
onlookers is that Fred's talent lies in his determination
to continue the Game, despite the transmutation
of the rules, the pieces, and his mind. Fred is
a true Player.
Gwilym
Gwilym did not set out to become a Player.
In fact, despite the perhaps endless run of this
period, Gwilym has little interest in the Game
itself.
It is
a more personal form of play that excites her.
However,
in accepting the challenge, the ambiguous nature
of the Game, and the kinetic nature of the pieces,
she has honed a talent for drama, and has developed
a detailed battery of symbolic communication.
During
the long caesuras necessitated by Fred's more
committed deliberations, Gwilym practices subtlety.
The bright-colored orbs of her eyes alternately
disturb the concentration, and decry moves yet
only imagined. Observers have noted how the slightest
gradations of flare in Gwilym's frill cape affect
the opponent's diligence. As has Gwilym.
Precision
is a professional's tool.
But Gwilym
does not mistake her minor successes as a substitute,
or even precursor, of some final triumph. Her
spotty attention to individual moves aside, she
has an almost magical understanding of the flow
of play. The Game is merely the form of a deeper,
psychic dance between Players. The content envelops
them both.
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