How many of you think of art as play? Were you ever told that artists don't really work? If you are an artist, were you ever told to "get a real job"?
Life should be enjoyable. Work can be play. You play basketball. You play the piano. If you are professional, any play at a high level, can be very remunerative.
Technical expertise is easily admired and enjoyed, and has an aesthetic of its own. Just look at the Olympics, when so many people watch games and events that they had not even thought of for four years.

What does any of this have to do with human rights, anyway? Under Article 23 of the Universal declaration of Human Rights states that, " Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. " , and Article 24 could be considered the right to play. This might be a complex dive off a very high board, the daredevil race of a motocross rider, thirty-two fouette rotations on pointe by a ballerina, or the secretary who types 125 words a minute perfectly, but at the highest levels where work and play are both an art, there is great pleasure in the doing. "There is considerable joy in skill, dexterity and moving fast: it can only be done safely with practice.", L. Ron Hubbard. It takes persistence to get there. And any little league umpire will tell you that it takes courage. www.YouthforHumanRights.org