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The Power of Storytelling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Competition Between Stubbornness and Fragility, Do Lectures<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI wish I was a doctor but I\u2019m not, I\u2019m a storyteller. Maybe I can inspire someone else who can save a life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Photographer and storyteller Giles Duley<\/a> has worked everywhere from South Sudan and Bangladesh, to Iraq and Lebanon, documenting stories of those affected by conflict across the world. In 2011, while photographing the conflict in Afghanistan, Duley lost an arm and both legs, an ordeal that inspired him not to focus on what he couldn\u2019t do, but on what he could \u2013 become a better photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on Do Lectures<\/strong>
The Competition Between Stubbornness and Fragility<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking the mold<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How I accidentally changed the way movies get made, www.TED.com\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThis list was evidence to many people of the script\u2019s value, and that a great script had greater value than a lot of people had previously anticipated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Starting out as a junior executive at a Hollywood production company, film producer and entrepreneur, Franklin Leonard grew tired of reading bad film scripts. He created an anonymous \u2018Black List\u2019, which would go on to completely change the way people looked at scripts, by asking if conventional wisdom was correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on TED<\/strong>
How I accidentally changed the way movies get made<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embracing circumstance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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4 lessons in creativity, www.TED.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cCreativity also grows from the broken places.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Radio producer and author, Julie Burstein<\/a> draws on her own experiences and those of writer Richard Ford, filmmaker Mira Nair<\/a>, sculptor Richard Serra<\/a> and photographer Joel Meyerowitz<\/a> to explain that there are four key aspects of life to embrace for your creativity to flourish: Experience, Challenges, Limitations and Loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on TED<\/strong>
4 Lessons in Creativity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing paths<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the Mind of a Maker, Do Lectures<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI struggled with the transition between making something as a hobby and then turning that into a real life working job.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

With a web and graphics background, founder of Blok Knives<\/a>, Ben Edmonds shares his experience of turning his hand to craft and the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on Do Lectures<\/strong>
Inside the Mind of a Maker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combining Art and Technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image by Magali Rangel, Creative Mornings<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s the value in the studio of having self-initiated projects, because you\u2019re not waiting for the opportunity to start at zero, you always have something in process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Founder and design director of communication design practice Thirst<\/a>, Rick Valicenti discusses just some of the processes and back stories behind a variety of their projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on Creative Mornings<\/strong>
Rick Valicenti: The Intersection of Art and Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preserving heritage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage, www.TED.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWhat happens when a story is forgotten?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by a desire to further explore her cultural identity, filmmaker and composer Kayla Bri\u00ebt<\/a> turned to creativity to preserve her heritage, by infusing her work with stories of her Dutch-Indonesian, Chinese and Native American heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch on TED<\/strong>
Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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