Category Archives: Creativity

How to Stop Worrying and Love “Useless” Art
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Posted on July 29, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have art expert Luke Syson who was formerly a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies — serious art. Then he changed jobs and inherited a … Continue reading →

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Should You Live For Your Resume … Or Your Eulogy?
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Posted on July 22, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have writer and New York Times columnist David Brooks. He is the author of Bobos in Paradise, On Paradise Drive, and the narrative of neuroscience, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and … Continue reading →

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Success, Failure, and the Drive to Keep Creating
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Posted on July 15, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, as well as five other books and countless publications as a longtime magazine writer — covering music and politics for Spin and GQ. Gilbert also owns and … Continue reading →

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How Sting Started Writing Music Again
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Posted on July 8, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Sting. Does he even need an introduction? Sting is a composer, singer, author, actor, and activist. He has sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting … Continue reading →

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Three Ways To Speak English
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Posted on July 1, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Jamila Lyiscott who is a self-professed “tri-tongued orator.” She weaves words about language, education, and the African Diaspora. In her powerful spoken-word essay, “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the … Continue reading →

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The Web’s Secret Stories
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Posted on June 24, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Brooklyn-based artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris who works to make sense of the emotional world of the web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the internet … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Word “Real?”
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Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have English professor and linguist Anne Curzan who asks: what makes a word real? Curzan is a collector of slang words, a dissector of colloquialisms and a charter of language evolution. To put … Continue reading →

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An Ode to Envy
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Posted on June 3, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have literary critic Parul Sehgal who asks: what is jealousy? What drives it, and why do we secretly love it? No study has ever been able to capture its “loneliness, longevity, grim … Continue reading →

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The Museum of You
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Posted on May 27, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have designer Jake Barton, Principal of the New York media design firm, Local Projects. Jake creates interactive and digital exhibits for the likes of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, … Continue reading →

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Everyday Moments, Caught in Time
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Posted on May 20, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. He is an English professor at City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 40 years. Accessibility is not a word … Continue reading →

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