The Genie(us) Within

Like me, you may have read about last month’s entrance examination at one of the most prestigious and renowned universities in France, where such extraordinary thinkers as Assia Djebar, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jean-Paul Sartre, Aimé Césaire and Michel Foucault once studied: the École Normale Supérieure, the most famous location of which lies

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Entreprendre

“Entrepreneur” is a word of French origin, meaning in the strictest sense someone “who undertakes to effect an action, most often long and complex (Larousse Dictionary).” And whether we conclude that it was Richard Cantillon in 1755 or Jean-Baptiste Say in 1803 who first coined this term, there remains a strong connection between

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Rendez-Vous With Art*

For many, and I would agree with  this perspective too, the most important dimension of art education is always the opportunity students have actually to be artists themselves, which means drawing, painting, sculpting, assembling, creating in their own right. That said, learning about art from more distance also has value. “I

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