The Gestalt school of psychology, founded by Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka in the early 20th century, revolutionised our understanding of perception and cognition. Challenging the reductionist view that the mind is merely a collection of individual elements, Gestalt psychology emphasised that we perceive the world as organised wholes rather than isolated parts. Central to their theory was the idea that the mind actively shapes and organises sensory information into coherent patterns, with an emphasis on how context and relationships between objects influence our perception. Gestalt psychologists argued that problem-solving and learning often involve insight, a sudden, holistic realisation of a solution, rather than a gradual, step-by-step process. Their work laid the foundation for understanding how we make sense of complex stimuli and had a lasting impact on fields such as cognitive
psychology, education, and even art. There’s nothing more complex than life itself. We dwell in an incredibly complex multi-factorial universe. What’s your view of life? How have you sought to make sense of it? Maybe take a little time to reflect today. A wise man once said: “When I consider Your heavens,the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honour. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet” (Psalm 8:3-6).