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Why I spend hours sketching in conflict zones | George Butler artwork

Why I spend hours sketching in conflict zones | George Butler

TED Talks Daily
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Illustrator and TED Fellow George Butler reports on the ground from conflict zones, climate hotspots and humanitarian crises, using pen, ink and watercolors to highlight personal stories of perseverance. By slowing down and going deeper than the headlines, his humanistic approach is shifting how we think about the news. Following the talk, Lily James Olds, director of the TED Fellows program, interviews Butler on why slow observation through drawing builds trust in of age of rapid AI-generated images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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