# Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum

TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 13 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, Space
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TomShannon_2009S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/TomShannon_2009S?play=1)