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Category Archives: Tuesdays with TED
Art Is the Memory of Mankind
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have architect Gregory Ibanez talking about the importance of public art. Greg is the current Chair of the Fort Worth Public Art Commission and a former member of the Historic and Cultural … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Art, Chicago, Creativity, Dallas, Denver, Design, Fort Worth, Greg Ibanez, Instanbul, Memory, Public Art, Purpose of Art, Texas
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How to Know Your Life Purpose in Five Minutes
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have film and theater producer Adam Leipzig talking about finding your life purpose in five easy steps. Adam has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive, and distributor. He also has produced … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Leipzig, Authenticity, Creativity, Life Purpose, Milestones, Story, Unplanned Life
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Adventures in Twitter Fiction
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Andrew Fitzgerald who is shaping new ways for Twitter and writers to work together. In the 1930s, broadcast radio introduced an entirely new form of storytelling; today, micro-blogging platforms like Twitter are … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fitzgerald, Creativity, Story, Twitter, Writing Life
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching film director Shekhar Kapur who asks where does creative inspiration spring from? He talks about the stories we tell ourselves and shares a powerful way to unleash your inner storyteller. Kapur, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Film, Shekhar Kapur, Story, Writing Life
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Poems of War, Peace, Women, Power
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching poet Suheir Hammad perform two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: What I Will and break (clustered) — meditations on war and peace, on women and power. She blends the stories and sounds of … Continue reading
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Tagged break (clustered), Creativity, Poetry, Suheir Hammad, War, What I Will, Women, Writing Life
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The Web As Art
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Brooklyn-based artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris who collects stories: his own, strangers’, and stories collected from the internet, including his amazing project, We Feel Fine, which works to make sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Creativity, Jonathan Harris, Memoir, Story, We Feel Fine, Writing Life
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Who Am I? Think Again
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching conceptual artist Hetain Patel who asks: how do we decide who we are? Patel’s surprising performance, Be Like Water, plays with identity, language, and accent — and challenges you to think deeper than … Continue reading
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Tagged Authenticity, Bruce Lee, Creativity, Hetain Patel, Identity, Story, Truth, Writing Life, Yuyu Rau
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Happiness in Body and Soul
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we are watching writer and activist Eve Ensler who shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Eve Ensler, Happiness, Memoir, Shame, The Vagina Monologues, Truth, V-Day, Writing Life
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The Poetry of Education
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we’re watching spoken-word poet and activist Malcom London share his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. In “High School Training Ground,” London speaks of the “oceans of adolescence” who … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Education, High School Training Ground, Malcom London, Poetry, Writing Life
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The Illustrated Woman
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we’re watching author and illustrator Maira Kalman who talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, wise, … Continue reading