Cartoonist Liana Finck’s drawings hold our hands through life’s predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to think about our relationship with God. In a funny, moving talk, she shares some of her drawings and shows how she uses creativity to navigate false starts and cluelessness in the search for belonging.
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@gutofinck
January 3, 2024 at 10:08 am
Hi im Finck too, hello
Mídia is a new bible
😊
@JeanalynnCuervo
January 3, 2024 at 10:09 am
Magnetic chemistry on display; turning this video into an emotional symphony that resonates.🧡
@BSPoK
January 3, 2024 at 10:11 am
So cute 😇
@HoboSmutt
January 3, 2024 at 10:21 am
❤
@Maik-English
January 3, 2024 at 10:22 am
I can manage my perception of time without any help, in fact I can speed it up, slow it down, go backwards, or go into a loop. I do it for different types of needs, and I have been doing it for 32 years. Now.. I always thought that what I was doing was normal, but in recent years I have realized that in reality it is not, people talk about it but they don’t know how. IS NOT fiction.I am starting to create some videos to help others to explore this and others experiences.
@askialuna7717
January 3, 2024 at 11:20 am
I would also be more surprised, if it didn’t work.
Time is perceived at different speeds depending on how the brain processes and stores the impressions that are currently being recorded and what we are consciously aware of.
@Happy_Bnzo_Puppy
January 3, 2024 at 10:23 am
You have such a beautiful soul, I can tell just from watching this video!💜
@drvondakaye
January 3, 2024 at 10:28 am
The human condition is a mystery.
@twozerofive4605
January 3, 2024 at 10:29 am
Ah! I love her illustration 💕
@sphenoid
January 3, 2024 at 10:49 am
Long overdue, a TED-like TED talk.
@chrisbos101
January 3, 2024 at 11:01 am
Not long now, we will be able to talk to GOD.
@tanjamakesvideos
January 3, 2024 at 11:20 am
She reminds me of my daughter. Bright, talented, fragile. The art of music keeps my daughter balanced. I cried, for the hardships of life and a socially constructed world that may understand but never fully and unconditionally accept beautiful people like them.
@rumimahmud
January 3, 2024 at 11:21 am
Nice
@kevin4680
January 3, 2024 at 11:26 am
Winging it with wings can be a great choice.
@peterson5878
January 3, 2024 at 11:31 am
Exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Thank you 🙏 so very uplifting
@katherineweber8955
January 3, 2024 at 11:34 am
Thank you! I identify! 😂😂🙏🥰
@mr.c2485
January 3, 2024 at 11:37 am
Won’t be too long before AI will do the art for you….cut out the middleman. 😮😊
@EmC.
January 3, 2024 at 11:38 am
My new top favorite Talk. ❤❤❤ Awe-some. 🎉 +5:26
@isaacthek
January 3, 2024 at 12:25 pm
Straight up beautifully done. As an Orthodox Jew, my perspective is that we all need to seek our unique relationship with God, and they the challenges we face are part of exploring and experiencing that relationship. I’ve never considered this particular lens to view Torah, but I find it profoundly moving.
@consciousnesshealing
January 3, 2024 at 1:51 pm
What an incredibly endearing messenger & powerful message!! 🙌🏽😊🫶🏽🙏🏽
@corlisscrabtree3647
January 3, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Thank you 🙏
@Buy_YT_Views.158
January 3, 2024 at 2:55 pm
I can’t stop watching!
@gregkoons6672
January 3, 2024 at 2:56 pm
This will undoubtedly be one of the most beautiful moments I see and, easily, the best story I will hear today . But who knows, sometimes life can surprise you. 🙂
@Rarchit
January 3, 2024 at 3:01 pm
This is a beautiful talk. Along with being a cartoonist she is a great story teller.
@maciekjanicki1754
January 3, 2024 at 3:21 pm
This person was super lucky to live in the times when she could make her living doing line drawn cartoons. In today’s world her only chance would be to make Instagram and tiktok and even then I’m sure her stuff would be absolutely lost in the sea of content.
@mariee.5912
January 3, 2024 at 6:50 pm
👏 that was great!!
@crisalcantara05
January 3, 2024 at 10:23 pm
❤❤❤
@gamiblud
January 4, 2024 at 12:58 am
Always loved liana’s quirky strips😊
@rashidabaakza8554
January 4, 2024 at 1:49 am
Nice 👍
Life is an art and its more worth if you can express yourself by drawing 🎨 or writing ✍️ and
keep people guessing and scratching their heads. 👏👏👏
@jamesmitchell6925
January 4, 2024 at 2:05 am
Buying a hard copy right now.
@myparceltape1169
January 4, 2024 at 5:48 am
Brilliant, when I learned about the Flood my immediate thought was that God had realised that he made a mistake creating man.
Modern astrophysicists say that the universe began from nothing, a void.
Keep going.
@ErikKristoferAnderson
January 4, 2024 at 7:45 am
I think I need a god like yours.
Also, I have problems and I often don’t know how to be. Maybe drawing can help me solve some of those problems.
Also also, Buddhism likes to talk a lot about enlightenment, but what about Siddhartha Gautama’s stumbles, fears, uncertainties, and failures on the path to that state? If I’m ever ready to draw something big, that will be it.
@michotito4874
January 4, 2024 at 9:37 am
l didnt even watched the video but can already realize this is another wokeism filled propaganda
@tenzinthomasmasami
January 4, 2024 at 2:13 pm
Yuck.
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:51 pm
超複雜的美麗人生❤
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:51 pm
😂
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:52 pm
😂😂😂
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:52 pm
One agin 😂
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:53 pm
STOP
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:54 pm
U can change😂
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Open your maid😂
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:56 pm
Forever don’t 害怕
@user-si7sw7xy4n
January 4, 2024 at 6:57 pm
你是最好的人
@ydky2864
January 5, 2024 at 12:25 am
You’ve lost me at “god”; I thought TED was all about science, not made up BS
@Bergstromoliver
January 5, 2024 at 5:03 am
I am introvert too. You are not alone. A world of important minds. It is a place for all of us.
@noclopeclub
January 5, 2024 at 6:22 am
Jesus can change your life ♥️✝️
@swaroopkumar2
January 5, 2024 at 9:59 am
Nice 😊
@Angelinajolieshorts
January 5, 2024 at 2:08 pm
Absolutely a great channel for all the intelligent minds of world.
@Dansplains
January 5, 2024 at 6:19 pm
Thanks Liana I really yeah woof thanks
@StudioBrereton
January 5, 2024 at 7:28 pm
For those of you that say, I can’t draw, everyone can draw, it’s just what you’re seeing might not be the same as what’s on your paper.
@christianlassen1577
January 6, 2024 at 10:56 pm
when I was about 20 and trying to decide what kind of creative work I was going to choose for my career (was leaning heavily towards music), I had a moment where I was going to have to choose between God and Music and which one would I choose? I chose God and all my inspiration for music vanished instantly. Shortly after, not regretting my decision but still feeling down about it, I got this overwhelming feeling that the most creative thing I could spend my life doing was to raise and care for my own family and that all my creative needs and desires would be met and fulfilled by raising kids and staying faithful to my wife.
20 years and five kids later and He has not disappointed.
@HamzaKhan-ik6re
January 7, 2024 at 12:04 am
Always Loved liana’s quirky strips😊
@franciscojose6496
January 7, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Interesting channel pure real information
@Kayyllaa_
January 7, 2024 at 2:57 pm
Wow. I’ve always loved her artwork, I first saw it on instagram. Being able to learn more about her art is incredible. So beautiful
@kishorejoshi2663
January 8, 2024 at 4:20 am
Amazing!
Inspiring!
Thought-Provoking!!
@KateColors
January 8, 2024 at 8:52 am
Great, Liana! ❤
@conniebentley9699
January 8, 2024 at 8:15 pm
I love your outlook about God , Life, and Women. I absolutely include the dinner anxiety. Ohh the question of “what’s for dinner?” Ugh.
@cased2326
January 8, 2024 at 8:34 pm
I totaly agree on title😂