It’s Performing Arts Week. May the creativity inspire your own. – Lisa <><

The Genius Puppetry Behind War Horse
Handspring Puppet Company with Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones
TED2011 Long Beach California, March 2011
Simple resources become theatre magic in the hands of these creators and performers. 

Watch me play … the audience!
Bobby McFerrin
World Science Festival, June 2009
The pentatonic scale is our world language

An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz
Joey Alexander
TED2015 Vancouver BC, March 2015
A young man with a whole bunch of swing and style. 

The dancer, the singer, the cellist … and a moment of creative magic
Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi
TED2015 Vancouver BC, March 2015
Creative collaboration born in the moment. A joy to watch them respect and enjoy one another. The sum is greater than it’s parts. 

A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light
Aakash Odedra
TEDGlobal2014 Rio de Janiero, October 2014
Cool concept stretched into too long a piece

BONUS-
An electrifying organ performance
Qi Zhang
TEDxUSC Los Angeles California, March 2009
A WOW player and programmer of a rare WOW of an instrument. 

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I’m trying an experiment in 2016. Maybe you’d like to try it with me.

Here’s where I am
I’m tired of the spin. I’m tired of ideas, news, and entertainment really being one long sales pitch for profit or power.

I’m longing for creativity, curiosity, and inspiration. I’m in search of passionate people willing to speak to the truth and complexity of living with a heart of hope. I want to hear from authentic humans who are in the trenches working for the greater good.

I think I’ve found them in the TED community.

“TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. On TED.com, we’re building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world, all year long.”

TED’s been around for 30 years. I’ve heard about them and even watched a couple of talks, but I’ve never spent any concentrated time mining the good stuff. So….

Here’s the plan
Watch 5 enthusiastic, inspiring TED Talk presenters a week for a year.
Apply and share the goodness.