Maira Kalman: The illustrated woman
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Oct 16, 2007
http://www.ted.com Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper.
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ppl that dislike her are the people that dont know much about her period.period. she is being taught in art schools. who sees all the random things the way she sees them.
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People who disliked this video: please read some of Maira Kalman's work, because it is brilliant.
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omg i will never get that 17 minutes of my life back
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shes sort of my hero...at least today
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i just
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that was very humbling!
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woNNNNderful
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Prime .. when I read your comments, my first thought was "WHAT!!!" ....
Then I re-read, thought it over and realized you have a certain kinship with the artistic and this is not an insult!
I gave you a well deserved thumbs up.
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See her discussion in the vein of art movements like DaDa and expressionism. Her conveyance of discourse reflects her philosophy in art. She is a philosophical absurdist and this is not an insult! Research absurdism or read Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. She has hope even if sees pain and suffering in her life. What is the purpose? It is the description and not the explanation.
transingularprime 4 years ago 8
This video may be a most important one on Ted for it's non-content.
Those of us who are linear thinkers recognize a problem, consider the data, come to a conclusion, and form a course of action.
This more "artistic" mind is doing something quite different, and decides a course of action then simply sees the bits of information necessary. If her talk left you shouting "WHAT !!!" or giggling incoherently, then watch it again to understand how her mind works, for it does work.
JohnDeBunkTest 4 years ago 7