Arts
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Luc Besson | October 6, 2015The Man in the Mirror
Some times the hardest person to love, is the man in the mirror. A beautiful scene from Angel-A, 2005...
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Gabe Bergado | September 24, 2015Science Shows Art Can Do Incredible Things for Your Mind and Body
Art’s sweet relationship with the brain and body makes a trip to the museum worth it. There’s no...
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Marie Forleo | September 24, 2015What Elizabeth Gilbert Wants You To Know About Big Magic
Doesn’t matter what you might be dreaming of. If any part of you longs to make and do...
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Evelyn Glennie | August 12, 2015How to Truly Listen
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply...
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Shots of Awe | August 5, 2015The Birth of Imagination
“Imagination is more important than knowledge” – Albert Einstein Image Credit – depositphotos
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eL Seed | July 29, 2015Street Art with a Message of Hope and Peace
What does this gorgeous street art say? It’s Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a...
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Chip Kidd | July 1, 2015Art of First Impressions
Book designer Chip Kidd knows all too well how often we judge things by first appearances. In this...
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Shots of Awe | June 17, 2015Agitating the Sleep of Mankind
Media shapes how you see the world. It “programs” your reality tunnel. Depending on how we use it,...
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Keith Barry | June 17, 2015Brain Magic
Keith shows us how our brains can fool our bodies – in a trick that works via podcast...
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Mo Fox | May 8, 2015The Art of Artistry
The biggest difference between famous artists and “normal” people is artists are driven to do what they do....
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Elif Shafak | March 6, 2015The Politics of Fiction
Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel...
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Titus Hora | February 26, 2015Glitch
My newest body of work, Glitch, is a study of the conceptual and aesthetic qualities of what are...
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Melissa Hogenboom | February 26, 2015How your Eyes Trick your Mind
Visual, or optical, illusions show us that our minds tend to make assumptions about the world – and...
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Stuart Jeffries | February 26, 2015When Two Tribes Meet
Yes, Leonardo da Vinci was both artist and inventor. True, Brian Cox was in that band before he gave it all up...
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Michael Michalko | February 25, 2015Barking Like a Cat
What would you think of someone who said, “I would like to have a cat provided it barked”?...
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The ArtScience Prize | February 23, 2015The ArtScience Prize
The ArtScience Prize is a catalyst for student learning through passionate pursuit of innovative art and design ideas...
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Nigel Stanford | February 22, 2015Cymatics
Cymatics’ is the science and resulting art of of visualizing audio frequencies. Wait till you see and hear...
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Sally Hogshead | December 31, 2014How to Fascinate
In today’s world of 9-second attention spans, our introductions mean more-than-ever before. Sally Hogshead reveals the seven triggers...
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Alanis Morrissette | March 6, 2014Alanis Morissette – Authentic Power
Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and multiple time Grammy winner, Alanis Morissette, speaks intimately to the trials and vicissitudes that...
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The University of Western Australia | December 4, 2013Tim Minchin
Comedian-musician Tim Minchin addresses graduates at the University of Western Australia where he was presented with an Honorary...
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Gavin Pretor Pinney | July 16, 2013Cloud Joy
You don’t need to plan an exotic trip to find creative inspiration. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney,...
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Steven Addis | January 14, 2013Photo Bond
At TED – A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding...
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Hannah Brencher | December 31, 2012Love Letters to Strangers
At TED – Hannah Brencher’s mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression...
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Lemn Sissay | November 5, 2012Child of the State
At TED – Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella...
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Kirby Ferguson | August 15, 2012Everything is a Remix
At TED – Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan...
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Frank Warren | April 23, 2012PostSecrets
At TED – “Secrets can take many forms – they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful.” Frank...
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Karl Paulnack | September 23, 2011Music for Survival
One of my parents’ deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me as a...
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Marco Tempest Tempest | August 27, 2011The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods), A magician and illusionist for the 21st century, Marco...
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Janet Echelman | July 5, 2011Taking imagination seriously!
Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing — which forced her...
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John Underkoffler | June 22, 2010Science Fiction Reality – GUI Design
Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping,...
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Marc Pachter | December 17, 2009The Art of the Interview
Marc Pachter has conducted live interviews with some of the most intriguing characters in recent American history as...
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John Lloyd | October 5, 2009John Lloyd Inventories the Invisible
Nature’s mysteries meet tack-sharp wit in this hilarious, 10-minute mix of quips and fun lessons, as comedian, writer...
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Felix Dennis | July 10, 2009Odes to vice and consequences
Media big shot Felix Dennis roars his fiery, funny, sometimes racy original poetry, revisiting haunting memories and hard-won...
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Paul Levy | May 31, 2009The Artist as Healer of the World
I have written previously about the importance of the archetypal figure of the “wounded healer” (see “The Wounded...
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Linda Pannell | November 24, 2008The Power of the Human Voice
I invite you to a 5-minute experiment. Please click on the video link below and have a listen....
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William McDonough | August 3, 2008Designing Cradle to Cradle
Architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings, technology and products/services would look like if designers took...
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Femke Stuut | June 22, 2008Conversations of a Lifetime
We thank Femke Stuut from the Netherlands for sharing StoryCorps with Actualise. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project...



