In Defense of Idea-Poaching
How old were you when you began to second-guess your artistic ability? At what point did you get the idea that the act of making art is reserved for “artists” only? And how many times have you talked yourself out
Sam and Friends Tackles Visual Thinking…Over Half a Century Ago
Talk about “ahead of its time.” This video of a sketch on Sam and Friends—the show created by the great Jim Henson that debuted in 1955 and would later become the Muppets—not only serves as a motion-picture primer on visual thinking, but
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The problem with words
Across cultures and throughout time, shapes have carried the power to inspire, intimidate, delight and inform. A spiral, a pentagram, a labyrinth may invoke momentary longing, fear, or curiosity, although we may not know why. Over the millennia, many mathematicians,