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Thought-Cloud
Episode 4 of 5
Professor Esther Leslie examines the image of the clouds as a model of thought and the imagination itself - from Immanuel Kant to comic strip thought-clouds.
In a series tracing the role of clouds in the arts and architecture, writer, critic and translator Professor Esther Leslie examines the image of the clouds as a model of thought and the imagination itself: from the sublime of Immanuel Kant to the ridiculous of comic strip thought-clouds.
She also recounts various ill-fated attempts in the past to project thoughts, ideas, messages and sales-pitches on to the clouds themselves.
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Thu 26 Feb 200923:00
BBC Radio 3
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