TED Talk: Sculpting Waves

Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, and his works evoke nature and the feel of meditation.


This video will only take nine minutes to watch, but you'll be amazed at how calming it is.  I wish I could stand under one of these sculptures and watch for much longer.  I can almost hear the soft movement of water and air and leaves.


Enjoy...

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TED Talk: Half a Million Secrets

Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret.com got the idea to have people send him something they'd never told anyone on a postcard.  Half a million secrets later, he looks at some of the lessons that can be learned from the things people wanted to share. 


This entertaining and fascinating talk is funny, emotional, and a couple of times, left me wide-mouthed with wonder.


Hope you enjoy...

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TED Talks: Simple Ideas That Changed the World

Another wonderful TED talk, only seven and a half minutes long…


We sometimes discount the unanswered questions that wander around in our thoughts, forgetting that every brilliant idea started that way.  


Adam Savage of “Mythbusters” shares three simple ideas that changed the world.

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TED Talks: Why Videos Go Viral on YouTube

There are over 48 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute. 

Who among us hasn’t gone there to see one video, and ended up spending far longer than we thought we would, just watching people be people?

This TEDTalk is only seven-and-a-half minutes long, but in it, Kevin Allocca, YouTube’s trends manager, gets to the bottom of how we connect to each other in what has become our video community.

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TED Talk: Opening the Door To Connection

Dr. Brene Brown, researcher and storyteller, embarked on a six-year journey of asking people about connection.  Of course, she found herself at the end of it, and began to understand the power of vulnerability.

Watching this video, I learned so much about how being vulnerable opens the door to finding joy.  Yes, when the door is open, the pain has a way in as well, but the rewards far outweigh the risk.

So many of us are looking for love....and trying to do it with that door closed.

♥   To be loved, we must connect

♥   In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen

♥   To be seen, we must be vulnerable

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

You can also find Dr. Brown on Twitter @BreneBrown and on the web at www.ordinarycourage.com

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TED Talk: Taking Imagination Seriously

TED Talk: Taking Imagination Seriously
by Janet Echelman



A story about how to let our creativity and imagination take us places we never thought we'd go  ✶•*˚¨˚*•✶ An artist talks about how she changed her focus in her art according to what presented itself...


It reminds me that what I end up with in my writing may not look the way I thought it would.  There's a very good chance that it will be better if I just let go of expectations ....  

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TED Talk: How To Write and Stay Sane

TED Talk: A New Way to Think About Creativity
by Elizabeth Gilbert


The author of "Eat, Pray, Love" talks about the double-edged sword of a bestselling novel.... "Aren't you afraid that now, you'll fail?"  


Keeping our focus intact in the face of success...

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TED Talk: What We Learned From Five Million Books

TED Talk:  What We Learned From Five Million Books
by Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel


And not only 5 million books, but the 500 million words in them.  When language, mathematics and Google meet...


A fascinating and funny talk from a couple of brilliant word nerds... gotta love 'em... ツツ

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