This talk will consider ways that beauty touches our lives, and how engaging with it creatively and critically can produce life-changing experiences. Though not everyone needs to be a great artist, learning to think like one can change the way you think about everything else. Key takeaway: making a practice of regarding beauty is a fundamental part of our mental health. John Luna is a visual artist, teacher, poet and critic. He has taught art and art history at Brentwood College School for twelve years and was part of the founding faculty of the Vancouver Island School of Art. He holds a Master’s Degree in Visual Art from the University of Calgary and is the author of one full-length book of poetry, Listings (2015). His ongoing visual arts project addressing the intergenerational effects of PTSD, The Servant, has been supported by two Project Assistance grants from the BC Arts Council. He resides as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of Cowichan peoples known as Hul'qumi'num or Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
2 май 2024
