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Am inceput sa citesc Funky Bussines. Chiar daca e scrisa acum un bilion de ani o gasesc interesanta ( ma intreb daca autorii o mai gasesc actuala&relevanta )
Am dat aseara peste " fratii si surorile noastre binare si imaginare". Oare cum arata sora mea binara?

need it

alain de botton, one of favourite contemporary writers, author of "eseuri de indragostit" english title "Essays in Love: A Novel", published " The Architecture of Happiness "
"The Architecture of Happiness is about the architecture and design of your home, it ''examines the ways architecture speaks to us, evoking associations that, if we are alive to them, can put us in touch with our true selves and influence how we conduct our lives.. he suggests some of the virtues a building should have (illustrated by pictures on almost every spread): order combined with complexity; balance between contrasting elements; elegance that appears effortless; a coherent relationship among the parts; and self-knowledge, which entails an understanding of human psychology, something that architects all too often overlook''. More than just an exercise in philosophy, the book includes examples of the happy and not-so-happy,''of buildings that either incorporate or ignore these qualities, discussing them in ways that make obvious their virtues or failings."
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kids creativity education

Going back to last week.The napoleons in bucharest.
At one point there was a design test.Given some materials we had raise a self sustainable structure that would put the marshmallow highest possible.20 spaghetti. 1 m of tape.1 m of dental wire.(mint) and a marshmallow.
Teams, complicated or simple structures, measurement at the end.
The best part comes when russell shows some pics with kids who took the test.They raised beautifull structures.They cheated by asking for more spaghetti or more tape.They tried more than 2 times to raise the thing.Funny but no one from the audience thought of even asking for more materials.Our team asked if we could cut the marshmellow in pieces and use it for the structure, but that's not cheating cause we didn't cut the marshmellow.
Got me thinking about how kids react and communicate.
And then i found this lecture about educating creativity.At some point ken robinson says that we grow out of creativity.I tend to say that he is right.
And after this i go to russell davies and find his kid reading a book.His reactions to drawings are so fresh and unexpected.
No conclusion or something.Just got me thinking that there's something about kids that we're completlly missing.