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Composing
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of composing.
Talks about Composing
16:40
Jorge Drexler
Poetry, music and identity
Posted
May 2017
17:34
Chris Milk
The birth of virtual reality as an art form
Posted
Jun 2016
12:43
R. Luke DuBois
Insightful human portraits made from data
Posted
Apr 2016
9:49
Mary Norris
The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen
Posted
Apr 2016
10:56
Oscar Schwartz
Can a computer write poetry?
Posted
Jan 2016
15:32
Tim Harford
How frustration can make us more creative
Posted
Jan 2016
15:17
Christine Sun Kim
The enchanting music of sign language
Posted
Oct 2015
16:50
Mark Applebaum
The mad scientist of music
Posted
Aug 2012
9:43
Scott Rickard
The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music
Posted
Jan 2012
5:12
Under 6 minutes
Eddi Reader
"What You've Got"
Posted
Apr 2007
6:18
Eddi Reader
"Kiteflyer's Hill"
Posted
Apr 2007