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Why I Spend Hours Sketching in Conflict Zones | George Butler | TED

By slowing down and going deeper than the headlines, his humanistic approach is shifting how we think about the news. (Recorded at TED Fellows Films 2025 on April 7, 2025) Join us in person at a TED conference: Become a TED Member to support our mission: Subscribe to a TED newsletter: Follow TED! X: Instagram:…

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  1. @a-destroy

    January 9, 2026 at 11:11 am

    Really really inspiring and awesome

  2. @Actionelearning

    January 9, 2026 at 11:15 am

    Your action to use your talent to give us a view of these humanitarian crisis is such a profound gift to us all. Thank you for sharing these moments allowing us to be present and see the sourly from a different lens. 🕊️☮️

    Please keep doing you thing! Your action is the thing that give us meaningful insights, don’t ever dim your light

  3. @Tha_brizzle_025

    January 9, 2026 at 11:45 am

    What an extraordinary talent you have. To use that talent for this purpose is truly a gift to all of us!

  4. @jamescastro2037

    January 9, 2026 at 11:45 am

    He needs to be sketching the contempt and ignorance on the faces of our politicians that make these conflict zones. Journalist need to report live from the offices where governments make these decisions if they are reporting for accountability, unfortunately they have opted to entertain rather than inform. Sketchy journalism targets the heart not the mind, proven by the piece of journalism you just watch. Are you not entertained?

  5. @rajeshchristian6197

    January 9, 2026 at 11:48 am

    ❤peace on earth ❤

    • @יוסילוי-י8ר

      January 9, 2026 at 12:09 pm

      🙏🙏🙏

  6. @ashleyunicornsparkles5489

    January 9, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    What kind of ink pen was he using?

  7. @urbanstrencan

    January 9, 2026 at 3:18 pm

    What a story, would love to see his drawings display

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