Formulation

A complex, original, structured and universal manifestation.

The conditions for the emergence of the formulation are:

A place immune to all pressures and influences
The presence of others, not as spectators but as playmates
The presence of the so-called ‘servant’, not as a reference but in his role as provider of all necessary materials

Formulation is in fact something that each of us organically experiences as a toddler. It never disappears, just needs to be rediscovered and tapped into. This playful way of creating something has a unique repertoire of rules and images, it is a continuous process which never derives into art.

The balance between freedom and requirement is essential to the Formulation to manifest itself each of us latently carry a wealth of expressive capabilities just waiting to blossom.

Formulation is studied at the Research Institute for the Semiology of Expression in Paris. Arno Stern documented 70 signs. Here’s a representation of some of them.