# An excerpt from "Figuring"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon: Border Stories
- Speaker: Maria Popova
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/maria_popova_an_excerpt_from_figuring)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a striking spoken-word performance, poet and thinker Maria Popova reads an excerpt from her book "Figuring," accompanied by cellist Dave Eggar and guitarist Chris Bruce. This stunning meditation on the interconnectivity of lives shatters "the illusion of separateness, of otherness."

## Lectures

1. [An excerpt from "Figuring"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/maria_popova_an_excerpt_from_figuring/bf8158898782), 5 min (TED's player)