{"id":30310,"date":"2012-03-30T18:55:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=30310"},"modified":"2012-03-30T19:07:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:07:52","slug":"everyday-moments-caught-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=30310","title":{"rendered":"Everyday moments, caught in time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2012\/Blank\/BillyCollins_2012-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/BillyCollins_2012-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1398&#038;lang=&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=billy_collins_everyday_moments_caught_in_time;year=2012;theme=master_storytellers;event=TED2012;tag=culture;tag=entertainment;tag=humor;tag=poetry;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Combining dry wit with artistic depth, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?s=Billy+Collins\">Billy Collins<\/a> shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk &#8212; and don&#8217;t miss the hilarious final poem! A big thanks to George who brought it to my attention <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk &#8212; and don&#8217;t miss the hilarious final poem! A big thanks to George who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132194,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132194","url_meta":{"origin":30310,"position":0},"title":"Brittney Cooper: The racial politics of time","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"29\/05\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brittney_cooper_the_racial_politics_of_time Cultural theorist Brittney Cooper examines racism through the lens of time, showing us how historically it has been stolen from people of color, resulting in lost moments of joy and connection, lost years of healthy quality of life and the delay of progress. 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