How to invite creativity into your life | Rose B. Simpson, Debbie Millman

About this episode

Artist Rose B. Simpson discusses the role of silence in creativity and invites listeners to discover their own aesthetic.

What do you hear when you sit in silence? For artist Rose B. Simpson, that question is the beginning of all art. She comes from a line of ceramic artists stretching back generations and, as part of her multidisciplinary work, she also builds custom lowrider cars. (If that sounds like a contradiction, that's kind of the point.) In conversation with "Design Matters" podcast host Debbie Millman, Simpson invites you to find your own aesthetic — not by searching, but by listening. Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at  attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Debbie Millman

Guest: Rose B. Simpson

Topics covered

• creativity
• art
• silence
• aesthetic
• multidisciplinary work

Keywords

• creativity
• art
• silence
• aesthetic
• lowrider cars
• multidisciplinary
• ceramic artists

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TED, Design Matters

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