# Taking imagination seriously

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Janet Echelman
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/janet_echelman_taking_imagination_seriously)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.

## Lectures

1. [Taking imagination seriously](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/janet_echelman_taking_imagination_seriously/cd9cd6f7aac8), 10 min (TED's player)