A lesson on looking | Amy Herman

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A lesson on looking | Amy Herman

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Are you looking closely? Visual educator Amy Herman explains how to use art to enhance your powers of perception and find connections where they may not be apparent. Learn the techniques Herman uses to train Navy SEALs, doctors and crime scene investigators to convert observable details into actionable knowledge with this insightful talk.
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@shepherdthoenen8564 5 жыл бұрын

For everyone wondering what her point is, I think her point is that there's more information in what we look at then just what we see, and once you start looking for that extra information, you find out how much you were missing out on.

@pinofiel 5 жыл бұрын

So where she needed 13 minutes to make some vague point, you just told us all we needed to know in about 10 seconds.

@yousifmq 5 жыл бұрын

Could have been summarized in your sentence rather than in a 13 min video

@kstormgeistgem461 5 жыл бұрын

this is what my gramps would've called, "cutting through the bull." thank you. all the buzz words and chittering she was doing was literally giving me heart burn. i mean sure, it's great she's able to pay her bills with the use of double talk and psycho-babble. but not my cup of tea.

@jamessampson819 2 жыл бұрын

“…and we need to convert observable details into actionable knowledge…”. This TED talk will leave an impression - it’s both thoughtful and thought provoking and the artwork provided great examples to emphasize the importance of visual learning. Amy Herman offers a compelling and engaging presentation. Great stuff!

@rebeccaolu1924 5 жыл бұрын

The information she is trying to pass across is that, we should be able to SEE beyond LOOKING. There are information one can get by looking deeply into ourselves, the world, things, events that will help us to live a better life, unravel hidden things and solve mysteries in a unique way. By focusing on her voice, dressing and body language, you shift your focus from the information she is trying to pass across and become judgemental which is what we do on a daily basis and miss important information that might be helpful for us.

@jessederuiter5445 5 жыл бұрын

the way she talks gives me anxiety

@inhimm 5 жыл бұрын

you might have a bigger problem..

@kaseyjamesborr5854 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, she talks pretentiously and angrily. I can see the smug, contempt look in her face.

@gkjay2661 4 жыл бұрын

@@kaseyjamesborr5854 she's nervous -and overcompensating a bit in tone and diction.

@kaseyjamesborr5854 4 жыл бұрын

@@gkjay2661 I can't believe you are reading this.

@Azel247 5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of BS-ing skill I need when writing papers

@daddyleon 5 жыл бұрын

lol, so fkin true. Would also be useful in job interviews and just allround small talk and flirting - I think, I lack this skill, so I don't really know, but it seems very useful.

@daddyleon 5 жыл бұрын

btw, reading your comment before hand sincerely saved my a lot of frustration - it allowed my to look at it the way I look at comedians, not serious lectures. So thanks!

@Theworldisaplushplace 4 жыл бұрын

:-/

@sick0delic639 2 жыл бұрын

Me fucking 2

@thefoxthatplaysgames1543 5 жыл бұрын

Few people looked at this video. But fewer *seen* this video.

@eanappi 9 ай бұрын

Simply Incredible the talk ... in the detail is the wisdom of the observer and the greatness of the little one. Perspective is everything ... like the knowledge of it.

@NoxMarcus 5 жыл бұрын

What is her point? She's saying nothing. She shows interesting artwork and then makes analogies to simplistic truisms.

@shepherdthoenen8564 5 жыл бұрын

I think her point is that there's more information in what we look at then just what we see, and once you start looking for that extra information, you find out how much you were missing out on.

@xzavier8184 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. This was a waste of 13 minutes

@WilcoVerhoef 5 жыл бұрын

After 2 minutes of stating the obvious, I scrolled down hoping to find this exact comment. Thanks for saving 10 minutes of my day :)

@pinofiel 5 жыл бұрын

Not to mentions she's being very smug about how visually intelligent she is and how she teaches everybody form SEALS, to doctors to moms to be like her. I mean, good for her, but what's that to me?

@justChuka 5 жыл бұрын

After I reply this, I will unsubscribe becos of this video!!!!

@raccoonoutoftheforest2344 5 жыл бұрын

11:10 now I know, where I lost my book... was looking for it all the time

@paulgoogol2652 5 жыл бұрын

@John Hillman how does one explain what is self-explanatory?

@paulgoogol2652 5 жыл бұрын

@John Hillman 🤔

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 жыл бұрын

*_Staring at the wet paint to dry is the fun way to keep yourself healthy_*

@RobertShaverOfAustin 5 жыл бұрын

Just add art to get STEAM.

@RobertShaverOfAustin 5 жыл бұрын

@John Hillman but I was replying to your comment, not his. Some people are adding art into the mix for encouraging & educating people that think creatively and see what's possible beyond what is obvious.

@iacastro69 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this message. Can't wait to get back to work on my art.

@JustinY. 5 жыл бұрын

How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real

@clankboss827 5 жыл бұрын

how can you be real if youtube isn't real

@puddintaine4556 5 жыл бұрын

Get off my videos.

@tempname8263 5 жыл бұрын

How can our eyes not be real if we invented glasses

@noway4879 5 жыл бұрын

jaden smith wisdom

@deanwinchest3906 5 жыл бұрын

How can real be real if reels 🎣 are real and reels 🎥📽️ are real and we are on reality t.v.📺 at home while dad's getting arrested on REAL t.v? How can we watch a t.v. show of a person watching a t.v. show of a person watching a television? Is it just a vision or if we broadcast 🎣 can it become a reality? How real it must feel for the fish on the phishy fishing program- Now that's reel~

@MildredBonkers 5 жыл бұрын

My dad is a retired police officer. One year, a photography company did portraits of all the police squad and made trading cards with stats a quote from each individual. My dad's quote was "THINK TWICE - ACT ONCE." My dad came home with hundreds of these cards. My sisters and I were in our twenties and riding high on the party circuit. We would pass out these cards at parties to friends and strangers. Now we are all in our late 30s. Our friends still pull out these crinkling cards from their wallets and exclaim, "THINK TWICE - ACT ONCE!" Or I'll see them on someone's fridge and they'll tell me, "My old roommate left that here, I didn't realize that was your dad!"

@pixelsmart 5 жыл бұрын

The thumbs are ten up to one down but when you read the comments, that ratio has a much bigger down side than the thumbs report. Glad to see so many people got nothing from this talk. I feel less insecure when I have company.

@francessejoseph2365 5 жыл бұрын

If you're wondering what this is about, this talk was just to notify us on on the importance of Visual Intelligence on our daily life, she isn't talking about the ways to achieve it per se. If you want to understand what she's saying and master the skill of Visual Intelligence, I'd highly recommend you to read her book "Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life". It's a life changing read and it is worth it.

@ChessMasteryOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

*Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next one. Don’t hope for a life without problems. There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.*

@puralikamohanty8353 5 жыл бұрын

To see art in a different light is to see the world in a different light.

@aryavijaykumar4700 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you all very much

@sabaradrawer 5 жыл бұрын

"Always looks for what isn't there" thats deep.

@RobertShaverOfAustin 5 жыл бұрын

That's the "ground" part of "field and ground" of perception. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure%E2%80%93ground_(perception)

@biggus6633 5 жыл бұрын

MartyKuB Sounds like advice that you wouldn’t want to take. It’s just like trying to fix what isn’t broken. It will make you go nuts if you do.

@ellw7830 5 жыл бұрын

They should've gotten Sherlock Holmes to give this talk

@12.kharismacitra65 5 жыл бұрын

Yaassss

@tinkerbell686 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most amazing lectures I've ever seen ~ TED really never disappoints!! ❤️

@rebeccaz994 Жыл бұрын

The minute hand on the right clock is closer to the hour than the left clock?

@signaturespecialist 5 жыл бұрын

As a handwriting Analyst i agree :)

@albertf.9198 5 жыл бұрын

What she seems to say, which is true, is that things may be much more expensive than first perceived.

@peggyharris3815 5 жыл бұрын

It's the formulation of those "contingency plans" that keep me awake at night. 7:40

@Jim-Wade 5 жыл бұрын

I was still looking to see when she imposed her idea on what I was attempting to see. I'm asking questions about what her real mission, other than duping ignorant people into paying her to tell them how to think.

@dachevashe 5 жыл бұрын

Her point is totally legit, as they say in chess "if you see a good move, look for a better move". This is just not a good lesson, she has 12 minutes of time and shows a bunch of pictures telling people about someone looking at one of them for 5 minutes instead of looking with the audience at one of the pictures for more than a couple of seconds. A weird educational blunder on her part here :)

@mikenaughton4298 5 жыл бұрын

I think the point is: keep paying attention.

@easternturki6080 5 жыл бұрын

Very insightful talk! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Hello from E.T. -- 🦋East Turkistan🦋

@JustsomeSteve 5 жыл бұрын

E.T. phone home.

@urosrot7916 5 жыл бұрын

Put it this way: the obvious is hidden from the eyes - famous sentence from Little Prince

@zarafutztra 3 жыл бұрын

“your eyeballs don’t change, it’s the muscles around your eyes”

@fabienneselinger3899 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know how to feel about this ted talk. Maybe it's just the way she presents it or I didn't get it. I mean I like art and I try to look everywhere and sometimes you can see weird stuff like pineapples in the middle of the street or single shoes...

@DigitalicaEG 5 жыл бұрын

She'd the kindof woman that talks on a Bluetooth headset while ordering at Starbucks in front of you

@_MintArcade 5 жыл бұрын

It's more like Observation Intelligence

@joachimwutte2374 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder, what am I gonna learn from this lady who talks fast about paintings and sculpture?

@itsblu9273 5 жыл бұрын

Toronto squad

@celestialcircledance 5 жыл бұрын

I saw were missing chairs and she saw a tribute to hurricane Katrina lol . Don't think I'm passing with flying colors .

@samdecoste3977 4 жыл бұрын

What's with the shoes?

@srikrishna.8633 5 жыл бұрын

It's change my life

@tembusolomon6186 3 жыл бұрын

One word: Epic.

@ivanbarbosa81 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@Jeramithehuman 5 жыл бұрын

I’ll save you guys almost 13 minutes. Lady talks nonsense whole time but basically is saying don’t judge a book by its cover analogy over and over. Pretty much beats the topic to death.

@serbanandrei7532 5 жыл бұрын

Can confirm

@thikomatsila2418 5 жыл бұрын

This really made me rethink a lot of things❤

@inhimm 5 жыл бұрын

you, i found her audience.

@CarlosBernard0 5 жыл бұрын

She kinda skips around and she also seems kinda nervous. She teaches people who need a better way to analyze things in thier job to look at things more carefully and ask what they are missing with art like detective work

@vsilligirlbestie3973 5 жыл бұрын

So technicality everything we see is a lie

@buddhamoktan4972 5 жыл бұрын

Why u everywhere.... 😂😂

@RobertShaverOfAustin 5 жыл бұрын

It's not a lie but it's not reality either. It's our interpretation of reality. Our brain turns what it sees into symbols according to our experience heavily influenced by your society and our language. Seeing like an artist requires looking beyond the symbols to arrive closer to what is really there.

@deanwinchest3906 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, technicality 😊 But theoretically it's a theory😂😂

@Mary161199 3 жыл бұрын

For me it is perfect because the English is not my first language

@artsomniacv-logcitybydanie1249 5 жыл бұрын

She's right because I am an Artist individual realm as well... and many people are missing a big part of the picture because they can't see more. ...AND, she made a point that the policeman is bad because he assumed that the singular character contrasted by everybody else's discontent was causing negativity.. but it is a defensive response to the negativity that the others have already established. I would hope that Jesus would federally prosecute the police officer for violating his rights and using a biased judgment to commit malpractice with his man-made authority.

@richcampus 4 жыл бұрын

A Lovely Brilliance ~

@brodiewright5188 5 жыл бұрын

She stole half of this Ted talk can’t remember who but definitely remember the four A’s, and what to look for.

@saurabht3540 4 жыл бұрын

At 3:25, a lot unfolded their arms and uncrossed their legs

@abdullahelshourbagy2764 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought prof. Dolores Umbridge had this much visual spacial intelligence.

@rosivaldooliveira5916 4 жыл бұрын

Muito bom !

@venugopalmuthiyal 5 жыл бұрын

This is how you preach when you don't have any substance to impart.

@randyporter3491 5 жыл бұрын

By the end, did anyone besides me think it was no surprise shes not married ?

@JWSteiner 5 жыл бұрын

Arrrgh, if you're going to use portrait-oriented photos in a slide presentation, for crying out loud, USE A BLACK BACKGROUND on the slide to get rid of all that horrible white space! You'd think that's the first thing somebody who's allegedly an expert in visual techniques would do!!!

@johnjohn1009 3 жыл бұрын

This information seems useful for the blind. Otherwise this con artist is simply describing how we use sight every day. I think if she asked people to describe the narrative or process to describe their perception of these images…everyone would provide all of the details she’s asking you to “learn.” Girl bye.