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Category Archives: Tuesdays with TED
Three Ways To Speak English
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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Tagged Articulate, Broken English, Creativity, Jamila Lyiscott, Poetry, Slang, Writing Life
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The Web’s Secret Stories
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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Tagged Art, Creativity, Jonathan Harris, Memoir, Story, Truth, We Feel Fine, Writing Life
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What Makes a Word “Real?”
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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Tagged Anne Curzan, Creativity, Dictionary, Language Evolution, New Words, Writing Life
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An Ode to Envy
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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Tagged Creativity, Envy, Jealousy, Parul Sehgal, Writing Life
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The Museum of You
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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Tagged 9/11 Memorial Museum, Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Creativity, Jake Barton, Story, Storycorps, Truth
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Everyday Moments, Caught in Time
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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Tagged Billy Collins, Budapest, Creativity, Death, Forgetfulness, Mice, Poetry, Some Days, The Country, The Dead, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writing Life
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The Link Between Vulnerabilty and Creativity
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work where she has spent the past ten years studying courage, shame, and authenticity. Brené states that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Art, Brene Brown, Creativity, Fear, Gratitude, Joy, Love, Scarcity, Shame, Vulnerability
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The Art of Flow
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Yale University addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, who outlines how we get in our own way. Using examples such as Lolo Jones tripping on a hurdle in the 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Creativity, Effortless, Fear, Flow, Judson Brewer, Performance, Yale
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The Four Stories We Tell Ourselves About Death
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have philosopher Stephen Cave, author of the book Immortality, who asks a dark but compelling question: when did you first realize you were going to die? And even more interestingly: Why do … Continue reading
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Tagged Bias, Culture, Death, Faith, Fear, Humanity, Stephen Cave, Story
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The Art of the Deep Yes
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have one of my all-time favorite bloggers, the self-proclaimed badass writer, Justine Musk. Actually, I don’t think she needs to tell anyone she’s a badass. We can read (or watch) her work … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Art, Authenticity, Creativity, Deep Yes, Divorce, Goals, Justine Musk, Saying No, Self-Worth, Story, Truth, Women, Writing Life
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