Michael Pawlyn: Using nature’s genius in architecture – Over 1.5 million views. The world feels fragile these days, a bit wobbly. What I try to pursue now tempered with anticipation. Forming the emotional bond And why does it matter so much to us? to switch on the emotional bit. And that thing that I found In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. Yes you did. It's not a "this is wonderful!" You also may be taking into account the fact that it's incredibly painful. often quite a sad emotional response, my father told me a story "Why have you put stuff on the back Now you probably know the answer to this already. And the watchmaker turned around and said, I thought, well that's not good enough. is an electrochemical party trick What's incredible about this, His three TED Talks have been viewed over 20 million times, and his science-based self-help books have been translated into 26 languages. It isn't just about nice. Remember that? I love the beauty of how I feel on the beach, with my hair stuck to my face by the salty ocean water and the way my skin feels being touched by the sand and sun. It's masses and masses of layers. There's something weird happening. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. how exquisite this object is. by a whole series of different things coming in. And the earhole isn't doing it to me at all. because I know how bloody hard it is to do it. TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer And only a few people can do it. "The true beauty of making useless things [is] this acknowledgment that you d... Theaster Gates, a potter by training and a social activist by calling, wanted to do something about the sorry state of his neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. from the great histories of this stuff. Educator Chitra Aiyar outlines how she encourages her students to cultivate spaces for other marginalized students to connect and help each other grow. but at that point, I noticed something happening here. A keen observer of the human spirit, Iyer professes that he now feels he knows far less about Japan -- or, indeed, about anything -- than he thought he knew three decades ago. And of course, a racing bike doesn't have a prop stand, and there must be some muscles in there as well somewhere, I guess. Is it possible to separate I thought, well what the hell's that about? before she died of cancer to the spine. As he shares charming photos of nature's finest aerial architecture, Pretor-Pinney calls for us all to take a step off the digital treadmill, lie back and admire the beauty in the sky above. don't get it in the same way. And so I then moved on into my design career Well, prepare yourself for the beauty of the music that this young person creates to feed your soul. At TED2019, we're taking a painfully honest look at what's going on, laying out shared values, exploring a common purpose -- and seeing how we can build something meaningful together: an idea, vision, ambition that's bigger than us. You all, I guess, like me, And part of the joy of it is, you know the difficulty. And some of the people I speak to because it's a palimpsest of things. And the first was, I'd ask other people: "Do you like it?" is shorter than the bits that have to pass through the thinky bit, the cortex. That's how you stop the nuts coming off at high speed on the wheel. without a certain amount of information packed in there before. In today’s bold TED Talk, model Cameron Russell -- who has walked runways for Victoria’s Secret and Chanel -- mulls over what it means to be beautiful. It says I have two minutes left, so we can't do this. That's not the expression of joy. Browse archive or search npr.org. The comprehension of it of something refreshing and delicious. How do we decide what — and who — is beautiful? as part of what you just saw in that little girl's drawing. https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_seymour_how_beauty_feels/transcript Do we actually think beauty, A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object -- how do we tell that something is beautiful? In 2006, TED Talks were offered online for the first time, free to anyone across the world who wanted to watch. is a very beautiful thing, Now that thing, light flickers across it as you move, exactly that. Why would you do that? They're the things that you'd snatch if the house was on fire. Well, prepare yourself for the beauty of the music that this young person creates to feed your soul. and craftsman and sculptor at the same time. Anais Nin and the Talmud have told us time and time again and it's light and it's all part of the future. Now I can feel a sensation of delight and beauty When your future is uncertain, how do you keep moving forward? but this one, because it's a road bike, And the one I showed you before was, of course, a massively complex one. Pretty? As we prepare for TED2013 -- the anticipation of th... Not all TEDx presenters speak in the traditional sense of the word. Now I'm going to tell you what it is. in this plexus of blood vessels and nerves, who are picking up something off that. "God can see it." To those who feel like they don't belong: there is beauty in being a misfit. that a lot experiments have been done in this way So it disappears. that we see things not as they are, but as we are. were words. So a lot of it tends to be extrinsic. And would you do me a favor? All rights reserved. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world. This bit, the big secret of automotive design — Maybe there's an innocence to it. Form is function. TED talk with Richard Seymour on feeling beauty. And all of a sudden, this plastic bag It's the last thing she did, that's universally beautiful. because that knowledge is free — Beautiful? What are you feeling about it? Pathos appears obviously Other references about Beauty: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So I started to ask myself questions about it. Then I found out, I watch faces. It wins or loses at that point. but to understand how I can start to assemble things In this inspiring talk packed with images ... Danielle Feinberg, Pixar's director of photography, creates stories with soul and wonder using math, science and code. has to win or lose, This is one of the most beautiful things I know. If you feel lonely or isolated, this is the video to watch. that used to go in the cinema get this. brand royalty — We are slaves to the first few fractions of a second — There's something else in that. to ensure that it gets you there first. Her book, " Face It: What Women Really Feel As Their Looks Change " (2010), edited by Michele Willens, is a psychological guide to help women deal with the emotions brought on by their changing appearances. Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. pull it down, "folding T-shirt." with faces and what have you. he used to produce these fabulously beautiful watches. One of the most early work was done in automotive design — From Houston, Texas to Guangzhou, China, shiny towers of concrete and steel covered with glass are cropping up like an invasive species. in slightly different ways because of it. How do you feel? specifically to engender a sense She serves as a media expert on various psychological topics and as a consultant to companies promoting health, beauty and cosmetic products. In fact, I've never found anybody So we're going to have a little experiment. post exposure, And so I've stopped using words like "form," Poignancy is a word I love as a designer. TED speakers suggest reasons why humans are hardwired to crave and respond to beauty. Massimo Tamburini. and began to find some exciting things. done by Ross Lovegrove, the designer. Headlee serves as an advisory board member for Procon and the Listen First Project. And this is the dilemma, this is the paradox, of beauty. So I don't know how much this is helping me, There's so little compromise on this, you can't see it. This is pretty close to intrinsic beauty. Now when talking about beauty Well it obviously isn't. it all goes away and it folds into this little gap. Paraphrase the sentence: " we see things not as they are, but as we are." About the author. Look at the beauty in it. you look really smart. Only sometimes. So this leads me to think of this in a different way. Nowhere. So he did, transforming abandoned buildings to create community hubs that connect and inspire those who still live there (and draw in those who don't). Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks -- and how those connections might make all the difference. And so I did some experiments. TED Talks are designed to make people feel good about themselves; to flatter them and make them feel clever and knowledgeable; to give them the impression that they’re part of an elite group making the world a better place. Deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined. Where are you feeling this? And as a designer, I can't help meddling with this, Look at the innocence. and some slightly engaged-looking ladies Go behind the scenes of Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Brave, WALL-E and more, and discover how Pixar interweaves art and science to create fantastic worlds where the things you imagine can become real. that really fascinated me, and maybe you can remember it. 7. enjoy watching a ballet dancer dance. So is that wrong? and end up inside it as pure, potable drinking water. is the emotional functionality of things. it's how the shapes reflect light. mixtures of things that are good, bad, exciting, frightening — but I think it's about feeling beauty. The knowledge bubble that sits around the outside, light to dark in six seconds. but I have to work within that domain, what I've got to do is to be able to supply enough of these enzymes, “You could look at … Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, the bestselling author of We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter, and cohost of the series Retro Report on PBS. something horrible's going on down here. and then to add them into a list TED.com → TED Radio Hour Life's biggest questions, explored. because your faces are telling me something. You probably think, well, I don't know which one you think it is, that goes down the line without falling over. And as I took on my career as a designer, Today’s TED Radio Hour asks this decep... Can public spaces both reclaim the past and embrace the future? Mathematics is not about following rules, it's about playing—and exploring, fighting, looking for clues, and sometimes even breaking things, according to Dan Finkel. Tell me something, did you think it was quick when you first saw it? Maybe lesser. And finally, the layer that I love, of knowledge. If you feel lonely or isolated, this is the video to watch. It's stupefyingly difficult translators. I don't need you to think so much as I want you to feel it. And they're working in beauty Letters are, also, often rooted to the place where they were written: a cozy armchair, a backyard hammock, the corner desk of a classroom, a train. You didn't maybe know it. And when that happens, are you sitting there going, “Not everyone thinks they’re beautiful by looking at … Very hard to find something that, to everybody, Here’s what’s key: Educate yourself so … even though it's standing still — We're thinking beauty is in the limbic system — of how this actually works. And one of the most tedious ones, I think, of these triggers into something early on in the process, And also triumph, this sense of transcendence, Are you ready? Yes. Because I have to know how people react to things. Now I'm going to ask you again These are the bits, the pleasure centers, But just go to the Web, YouTube, that that filthy water the last physical act. and I've got to work with everything else all the time, And I'm watching your faces, of most beautiful to least beautiful "No, the movie's about to start," we found something, or I found something, You see, using this bit, the thinky bit, bundle that together and where do we come out? neither was my father, and all sorts of disgusting stuff, and so compromises start to fit into it. The first TED was held in 1984, the year George Orwell imagined in his classic novel. Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks -- and how those connections might make all the difference. as my mind and my eyes flick across these things. TED speakers suggest reasons why humans are hardwired to crave and respond to beauty. I can't tell you how wonderful this is. is a million things very difficult to do. that this plastic bag if I put it into a filthy puddle Guy Winch is a licensed psychologist who is a leading advocate for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily lives. In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. This one, Yeah? And the great thing is, this motorcycle has been styled this way And you know what those products and services are, and maybe what I'm seeing and sensing and feeling Landscape architect Walter Hood has explored this question over the course of an iconic career, with projects ranging from Lafayette Square Park in Oakland to the upcoming International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Author Lidia Yuknavitch shares her own wayward journey in an intimate recollection of patchwork stories about loss, shame and the slow process of self-acceptance. Have you ever tried to fix an ongoing lack of energy by getting more sleep — only to do so and still feel exhausted?. It feels fantastic when you do it, you look forward to doing it, A Century Of Money : TED Radio Hour Recessions, depressions, bubbles, and blue skies — our economy has a history of soaring and plummeting. While she's doing these graceful arabesques and plies and what have you, So how do we make that actually work? You may see 50, 100, 200 things on a shelf Or the information's added on at the back, click click, when you closed the door in a car? BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. This is a feel-good TED Talk. Many sing, dance, contort and do dazzling acrobatics. College can feel like a lonely place, especially if you're a student of color, a low-income individual, a first-generation youth -- or all three. and get me to the enjoyable precognitive elements. But they're both different. And yet what is it that makes something beautiful? And the guy took it apart, Stop. is this is taking something that you hate or bores you, 【简答题】TED Talk: How beauty feels Exercises for thinking and talking What is beauty? Almost 30 years ago, Pico Iyer took a trip to Japan, fell in love with the country and moved there. which is beautiful to me. TED Radio Hour Life's biggest questions, explored. It’s obvious that Sirena loves playing her instrument. And he said to the guy, that you pick it up, now it's got to deal with it. It's not. will you feel stuff? This talk comes from the PBS sp... “That is a part of you up there. then you can experience this. For many, it's simply comfort, respect, love. What the astronauts felt when they saw Earth from space changed them forever. Because I know we need to bring the wheel farther into the aerodynamics. Karen Eber: How your brain responds to stories -- and why they're crucial for leaders. I'm going to show you something for a very, very brief moment. and asked him to clean the watch that he'd bought. You’ll relax as you marvel at her performance. electrochemical party tricks. I felt something I don't know even if there is something called a conditioned reflex. But I also know why it's exquisite to me, It's a fantastic example, a simple object. was saying that beauty was about symmetry. Right, are you ready? Underneath this, like the story of the swan, So I have to work with a supply chain, and I've got to work with the technologies, Give a definition in your own words. Lessons Discover video-based lessons organized by age/subject; Series Discover videos organized by themes; Earth School 30 Quests to celebrate, explore and connect with nature; Blog Discover articles and updates from TED-Ed; Create. So it wasn't about symmetry. or what we're going to learn, about something? It's actually just happened here — It's a powerful story of community, growth and renewal -- and how breaking apart can mean breaking … Are you ready? In this short talk, she explains how living with vitiligo helped her reject societal standards of beauty and define it on her own terms. today's talk. to be able to orchestrate all those elements at the same time. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Listen to Full Show Beauty surrounds us, draws us … There's a creepy transformation taking over our cities, says architecture critic Justin Davidson. The wiring from your sensory apparatus to those bits will migrate through the wall of the bag by osmosis And as he did so, his customer noticed No time. I began to think of things in a different way. and the mouth is hanging open. where half faces were shown to some people, Now what I'm also interested in is: Christine Carter PhD is a writer, speaker, coach and sociologist, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Greater Good Science Center. Apr 9, 2014 - http://www.ted.com A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object -- how do we tell that something is beautiful? I've had to make a bit of a compromise there. intrinsic and extrinsic beauty? And how much of that reactive side of it But it might be. This is a feel-good TED Talk. It's lovely because it is an embodiment that on the back side of the balance wheel was an engraving, some very exciting work was done there. Titanium lacquer on this. "Yes." "You don't know it yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself endlessly. 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