Julian Tepfers

Julian Tepfers
Julian Tepfers studies Arts, Creativity and Education at the University of Cambridge. His background is in Creative Writing from Kristiania University College, Creativity Theory from the University of Cambridge, and Global Social and Political Thought from the University of St Andrews. He is interested in interdisciplinarity and seeks to bring theories from different fields together in his work, often through a philosophical lens, and always with a creative angle. 

Posts by this Author

  • Creative Reading

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    7th April 2026

    (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) There are two ways of reading a book. You can read it to understand what the author says with it. Or you can read it to see what you can do with...
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  • The Creative Vocabulary

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    2nd March 2026

     (Drawing hands, M. C. Esher, 1948) “Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. That is the first principle of existentialism.” – Jean-Paul Sartre (1989) One of the most...
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  • In Praise of the Essay

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    19th January 2026

    (Essais, de Montaigne, 1595) The essay is a unique way of approaching education. It can be part science in that it means 'to test' or 'to experiment'. Conversely, it can be part art in that in...
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  • Polymathy Lost: On the politics of...

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    21st July 2025

    (Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)  What is to be done except learn all we can about everything we can? Education is a force of civilisation. Through it we have...
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  • The Resurrection of David

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    24th March 2025

    At the height of the Renaissance, Michelangelo unveiled David. This was also the unveiling of the ‘Renaissance man’. In examining this towering figure, one notices that his head and hands are...
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