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Why Art Should Still Engage the Inner Life | Hyeseung Marriage-Song | TEDxPrincetonU

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Art can be evidence of what is universal between humans—what brings us together across different cultures, language and even time. My art may engage the intellect, but it is first and foremost designed to enrich the inner, emotional life of those who see it. And what a controversial proposition in this day and age.

Hyeseung Marriage-Song ’01, was born in Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Houston, Texas. She attended Princeton, Harvard and the Water Street Atelier, now the Grand Central Atelier, in New York City. Marriage-Song is a realist oil painter and is completing her first book, a collection of stories about her family, entitled Head Study. She lives and works in Brooklyn. 

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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