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Why Man Creates

Historian Sam Franklin argues that the modern Western idea of creativity has some distinct characteristics. It's fun and whimsical, but also useful and functional. You can often use it to create something you can sell. So chances are if you went to school after about 1968, you have seen the short film Why Man Creates.

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