Romulus Whitaker TED talk

The name of the speaker is Romulus Whitaker
The real danger lurking in the water.
http://www.ted.com/talks/romulus_whitaker_the_real_danger_lurking_in_the_water.html



“The gharial and king cobra are two of India's most iconic reptiles, and they're endangered because of polluted waterways. Conservationist Romulus Whitaker shows rare footage of these magnificent animals and urges us to save the rivers that sustain their lives and our own”.

To me this talk was very important and makes me wish more people felt the sameway about trying to preserve nature as he does. It hits home for me because I am a huge reptile fan and it makes me sad that we could possibly lose one of the most iconic retiles in the world. No matter who you are everyone knows what a cobra is and if we lose them we will never be able to get them back and that goes the same with the gharial. These animals are really no threat to us they are solitary and for the most part stay to themselves. They just want to be left alone and do there own thing and we should do everything in our power to make sure they live long and healthy lives in the wild.
Mr. Whitaker’s talk was very well worded with many of examples and pictures to explain the impact we are having in India and water ways around the world.

The Dragon Chronicles
Interview: Rom Whitaker, Reptile Expert

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-dragon-chronicles/interview-rom-whitaker-reptile-expert/4525/

It was an interview just talking about him his a past, venomous snakes, bites and his love for reptiles.

Romulus Whitaker: Mixing films and conservation in India

http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/romulus-whitaker-mixing-films-and-rainforest-conservation-in-india/

It’s about his film career, video taping animals for documentaries and wildlife conservation.

Unconventional conservationist
Rolex awards supporting enterprising individuals

http://rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/romuluswhitaker-the-project.jsp


A brief overview of his past and it talks about his conservation efforts. It talks about him living in Agumbe, India and his work he is doing there.

T.E.D. Talks - Ursus Wehrli tidies up art

Ursus Wehrli - Tidies Up Art

A Swedish comedian and cabaret artist is talking about his book in which he enjoys showing his design innovations for, as he calls it, "tidying up art." Organizing and rearranging chaotic art pieces into a simple, neat and simple form. He plays and jokes with a few of the more popular forms of visual abstract and expressionistic artists that "delight in disorder, as he says. Wehrli shows us his vision of an organized and less stressful world through order and simplification. Taking famous two dimensional pieces of art from Jackson Pollock, Keith Herring and Vincent Van Gough to name a few and organizing the shapes and colors in a more visually streamlined version. Trying to make the art and the act of viewing the art more efficient.

A lot of viewers comments on the Wehrli's talk found his pulmonic ingressive articulation(so i discovered) unnerving or distracting. His vocal issue didn't bother me in the slightest. In fact I found the entire talk very amusing and intriguing. A particular thought that struck a chord with me was the concept of composition. Watching him move shapes of color into piles either satisfied some sort of obsessive disorder or was just for a non-typical amusement. But it really got me to think about what is important in visual art. Color and shapes or the juxtaposition they make with each other? I end up feeling the entire concept and spatial relationships affect the overall outcome and finished quality.

Additional Links:

Ursus Wehrli's profile on ted.com

External overview of his book

An example of his tidied up art