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“

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

” ~Rollo May
Cinemaaesthetics
 

Cute, sexy, sweet and funny: an evolutionary riddle

Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he shares evolution’s counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things (plus a new theory from Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny).

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Ideas in progress:

  • Battle of Concepts for Heineken 3.0

    Concept contest to build a Heineken 3.0 website, building their brand in the 'party scene'.

  • The Little Book of Brainstorming

    Small booklet that will be a recource for managing, facilitating and participating in a Brainstorm.

  • Imaginarium

    A forum/social part of the website used for idea notations, development and discussion.

  • Creativity lecture and workshop

    My second creativity, inspiration and ideation lecture and workshop for the School of Applied sciences in Rotterdam

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