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Dalí Atomicus (see below) is an impossible image by photographer Philippe Halsman. As a teacher, trainer and storyteller, I have used it on many occasions. In this post, I have two stories for you. The first is the story behind the photograph. The second is a student’s documented attempt to recreate it. One: the photograph Philippe …
Recently, I have started to notice the term ‘critical thinking’ appear in some unexpected and problematic contexts. In this post, I am going to refer to three examples. Example one Cast your mind back to Friday 6th November, 2020. On that day, we still didn’t know who had won the US presidential election. But things were looking good for …
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