http://www.ted.com Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

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1. that's cool
2. This made me cry!
3. tripppyyyy mane!
4. This is the quintessential example of capitalism “whoring” the people! Such so called “artists” simply send their designs to third world countries to get manufactured by desperate and severely underpaid slave labourers. These enormous works, which the so called “artists” play no role whatsoever in their making, then get shipped to your developed country where your tax money gets wasted on their installation and maintenance. While you are viewing and glorifying such works, somewhere in the dark and neglected recesses of your blessed city, some truly gifted artists are creating with their own (and only their own) hands, important works of art, which genuinely resonate with themes of love, loss, anguish and death. These important elements of the human condition are always absent in the “designer pieces”.  But of course the despicable and exceedingly ignorant modern general public simply turn a blind eye to these meaningful works and the imbecilic art critics always mock them. But in the end, these currently insignificant works always prevail and overshadow their gigantic and “empty” antitheses, and will one day come to serve as symbolic representations of the struggles and strife of a malcontent society. Its adherents shall then secure a place for them in the annals of art history for posterity to study, understand and venerate. The works will also inevitably inspire a new generation of true artists in the future, ultimately cementing their indispensability and, thereby, immortalizing its creators. This prognosis will, in due course, perfectly mirror the indefatigable perseverance and triumphs of the Impressionist, Post-impressionist and Expressionist movements.
5. This woman is incredibly persistent.  There's so many things that would have stopped most people in their tracks.  Imagine the tenacity it took to create the technology required to make her art.  Very impressive.
6. This is amazing! I love your eloquence. I felt moved, full of possibility, and brave. Thank you for sharing and telling us this story in such a full, rich way. Good job.
7. a more compassionate world, perhaps
8. Windows are more dangerous to birds than these completely visible sculptures. How dare YOU have windows on your house, right?
9. whats with all the thumbs down?
10. Cool, but how about switching up mediums or at least materials every once in a while?
11. wow, woderful
12. When she said "And was rejected by all 7 (Art Schools)" at 0:45, the look on her face said "Can you believe they rejected me? Their loss."
13. Hey, everybody's entitled to their own delusions. And I would think that you, sir, are more arrogant than her and me. ;)
14. do realize that there is more radiating arrogance somewhere in your life than hers just looking this ignorant comment. Bravo for your self-delusion ;)
15. such a wonderful cynicism. Thanks for reminding me that not everyone enjoys what is given to be enjoyable and making me feel better. Fantastic reminder :)
16. I disliked this for 1 cent on Mturk LOL
17. :')
18. You have a very informative video
19. I think you've got some great stuff here.
20. that pictures are really grate ...i love pictures in black and white ... they represent the true meaning of life.