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Life Is Hard. Art Helps | Liana Finck | TED

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…

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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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58 Comments

  1. @gutofinck

    January 3, 2024 at 10:08 am

    Hi im Finck too, hello
    Mídia is a new bible
    😊

  2. @JeanalynnCuervo

    January 3, 2024 at 10:09 am

    Magnetic chemistry on display; turning this video into an emotional symphony that resonates.🧡

  3. @BSPoK

    January 3, 2024 at 10:11 am

    So cute 😇

  4. @HoboSmutt

    January 3, 2024 at 10:21 am

  5. @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.

  6. @Happy_Bnzo_Puppy

    January 3, 2024 at 10:23 am

    You have such a beautiful soul, I can tell just from watching this video!💜

  7. @drvondakaye

    January 3, 2024 at 10:28 am

    The human condition is a mystery.

  8. @twozerofive4605

    January 3, 2024 at 10:29 am

    Ah! I love her illustration 💕

  9. @sphenoid

    January 3, 2024 at 10:49 am

    Long overdue, a TED-like TED talk.

  10. @chrisbos101

    January 3, 2024 at 11:01 am

    Not long now, we will be able to talk to GOD.

  11. @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.

  12. @rumimahmud

    January 3, 2024 at 11:21 am

    Nice

  13. @kevin4680

    January 3, 2024 at 11:26 am

    Winging it with wings can be a great choice.

  14. @peterson5878

    January 3, 2024 at 11:31 am

    Exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Thank you 🙏 so very uplifting

  15. @katherineweber8955

    January 3, 2024 at 11:34 am

    Thank you! I identify! 😂😂🙏🥰

  16. @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. 😮😊

  17. @EmC.

    January 3, 2024 at 11:38 am

    My new top favorite Talk. ❤❤❤ Awe-some. 🎉 +5:26

  18. @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.

  19. @consciousnesshealing

    January 3, 2024 at 1:51 pm

    What an incredibly endearing messenger & powerful message!! 🙌🏽😊🫶🏽🙏🏽

  20. @corlisscrabtree3647

    January 3, 2024 at 2:06 pm

    Thank you 🙏

  21. @Buy_YT_Views.158

    January 3, 2024 at 2:55 pm

    I can’t stop watching!

  22. @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. 🙂

  23. @Rarchit

    January 3, 2024 at 3:01 pm

    This is a beautiful talk. Along with being a cartoonist she is a great story teller.

  24. @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.

  25. @mariee.5912

    January 3, 2024 at 6:50 pm

    👏 that was great!!

  26. @crisalcantara05

    January 3, 2024 at 10:23 pm

    ❤❤❤

  27. @gamiblud

    January 4, 2024 at 12:58 am

    Always loved liana’s quirky strips😊

  28. @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. 👏👏👏

  29. @jamesmitchell6925

    January 4, 2024 at 2:05 am

    Buying a hard copy right now.

  30. @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.

  31. @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.

  32. @michotito4874

    January 4, 2024 at 9:37 am

    l didnt even watched the video but can already realize this is another wokeism filled propaganda

  33. @tenzinthomasmasami

    January 4, 2024 at 2:13 pm

    Yuck.

  34. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:51 pm

    超複雜的美麗人生❤

  35. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:51 pm

    😂

  36. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:52 pm

    😂😂😂

  37. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:52 pm

    One agin 😂

  38. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:53 pm

    STOP

  39. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:54 pm

    U can change😂

  40. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:55 pm

    Open your maid😂

  41. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:56 pm

    Forever don’t 害怕

  42. @user-si7sw7xy4n

    January 4, 2024 at 6:57 pm

    你是最好的人

  43. @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

  44. @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.

  45. @noclopeclub

    January 5, 2024 at 6:22 am

    Jesus can change your life ♥️✝️

  46. @swaroopkumar2

    January 5, 2024 at 9:59 am

    Nice 😊

  47. @Angelinajolieshorts

    January 5, 2024 at 2:08 pm

    Absolutely a great channel for all the intelligent minds of world.

  48. @Dansplains

    January 5, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks Liana I really yeah woof thanks

  49. @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.

  50. @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.

  51. @HamzaKhan-ik6re

    January 7, 2024 at 12:04 am

    Always Loved liana’s quirky strips😊

  52. @franciscojose6496

    January 7, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    Interesting channel pure real information

  53. @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

  54. @kishorejoshi2663

    January 8, 2024 at 4:20 am

    Amazing!
    Inspiring!
    Thought-Provoking!!

  55. @KateColors

    January 8, 2024 at 8:52 am

    Great, Liana! ❤

  56. @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.

  57. @cased2326

    January 8, 2024 at 8:34 pm

    I totaly agree on title😂

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