Random Talks

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. “Speak to the Heart” is David’s motto for an invitatio

Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally R

For years, Marco Tempest’s masterful blend of digital media and magic has enabled audiences to glimpse the future before technology gets there.

Renée Byer has the rare inner lens needed to produce photos with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity. That talent has brought her countless h

Naohiko Umewaka’s family lineage in the art of Noh dates back six hundred years. His greatgrandfather, Umewaka Minoru, is credited with saving Noh the

Makoto Aida’s scenes of skewed eroticism—obsessively detailed, leaning toward the violent and grotesque, and humorous in the very darkest sense—drive

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-ancient… The term modern art sounds like it means art that is popular now, but the style actuall

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… Why do we dance? African-American social dances started as a way for enslaved Africans

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-mathema… Pascal’s triangle, which at first may just look like a neatly arranged stack of numbers

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beatboxing-… There’s no need for instruments to make music; you can use the greatest instrumen

Even standing in place, a juggler requires a preternatural sense of timing, touch, balance and position. Add acrobatics, mime and dance to the equatio

de Guadalupe is an independent performing artist, Arts Programmer, and a member of the SC Arts Commission’s Roster of Approved Artists for the A

The award winning ABC-Tokyo Ballet Company believes that artists should convey hope, light and a buoyant future through their performances, especially

VERBAL is a hiphop MC who has collaborated with a variety of musicians, including m-flo . He is a member of the famous rap group TERIYAKI BOYS® and ha

Masashi Kawamura has an idea lab. In that lab, called PARTY, he and several fellow creatives perform the advertising equivalent of alchemy, fusing raw

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-mak… Did you ever notice how many jokes start with “Did you ever notice?” And what’s the dea