Thinking Patterns Pillows

'I'm beginning to think outside the box again - get my GP quickly!'

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

Thinking Gears

The Map of the human brain

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

'The Questioner'

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

Pastorius wonders why.

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

"Is all this confusion and complexity necessary?"

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

Man admiring his patterned clothes in the mirror

Think Tank

Six Thinking Hats

"How do I know this isn't a performance art piece?"

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Beyond the known and the unknown.

Rodin's Thinker.

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?"

' A new idea '

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

"But what if this is all there is?"

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

'All cats have four legs. I have four legs. Therefore, I am a cat.'

Assertiveness

'If someone farts in the forest and there's no one around to smell it, does it make a stink?'