TED Talk Thursday – Raghava KK: My 5 lives as an artist

According to TED.com: “With endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has taken his life to new places, and how life experiences in turn have driven his multiple reincarnations as an artist — from cartoonist to painter, media darling to social outcast, and son to father.”

“Raghava KK began his career in art as a newspaper cartoonist, and the cartoonist’s bold line — and dead-on eye for truth — still powers his art. His work spans painting, sculpture, installation, film and iPad art, always linked by his challenging opinions on identity, conformity, gender, celebrity, ceremony. (He even views his lavish Indian wedding as a piece of performance art.)”

Enjoy this interesting life journey.

For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Mandala Monday – Creating & Interpreting Mandalas by Susanne Fincher

Today I have a Youtube video for you giving you a quick lesson on creating and interpreting mandalas by Susanne Finche. According to her profile on the website http://creatingmandalas.com/susanne-f-fincher :

Susanne Fincher

Susanne Fincher

“Susanne Fincher is a Jungian psychotherapist, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Registered Art Therapist. For more than 25 years Susanne has pursued a passionate interest in mandalas. Her journey has led her to explore Jungian psychology, Tibetan Buddhism, Dances of Universal Peace, and pilgrimages to Stonehenge, Iona and other sacred sites in Europe and the U.S.”

“Susanne has produced a number of books about her explorations of mandalas. She is known internationally as an engaging lecturer and workshop presenter. Through her presentations she has introduced thousands of people to the spiritual, psychological, and health enhancing dimensions of creating mandalas.”

I hope you enjoy this mini-class.

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Thursday Talks – Tesla introduces Tesla Energy

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Tesla Energy Battery

Every once in a while I find a talk that doesn’t come from TED but one I want to share because of my personal interest in the subject. I saw this video posted on Facebook and really wanted to share it. The era of clean energy is here. The means are not just on someones drawing board, but are in production.

I am so grateful to see this happening!

This video was posted on Youtube by Tesla Motors on  May 2, 2015. To learn more about Tesla Batteries go to http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall .

Enjoy!!

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!