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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Anderson: Design to challenge reality

Unscramble the Blue Letters

This is a dumb game, but it underscores a belief I have, that the world is full of order that doesn't necessarily dreseve our respect. Sometimes, there's meaning, justice and logic present in the way things are. But sometimes there just isn't. I think that the moment we realize this is the meonmt we become creative people, because it prompts us to mess things up and do something better with the basic pieces of eicexrpnee. What I'm after in my work, really, is this: the hidden talents of edeyarvy things — all of those overlooked powers bestowed on the things that srurnuod us by the wonders of physics, the complexities of cultural associations and a gazillion other only partially chartable things. So taody, I want to show you three projects that reconsider the vast properties of cpclmnaomoe experience and try to do something better by doing something more absurd.

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This is a dumb game, but it underscores a belief I have, that the world is full of order that doesn't necessarily _______ our respect. Sometimes, there's meaning, justice and logic present in the way things are. But sometimes there just isn't. I think that the moment we realize this is the ______ we become creative people, because it prompts us to mess things up and do something better with the basic pieces of __________. What I'm after in my work, really, is this: the hidden talents of ________ things — all of those overlooked powers bestowed on the things that ________ us by the wonders of physics, the complexities of cultural associations and a gazillion other only partially chartable things. So _____, I want to show you three projects that reconsider the vast properties of ___________ experience and try to do something better by doing something more absurd.

Solution

  1. commonplace
  2. surround
  3. moment
  4. experience
  5. today
  6. deserve
  7. everyday

Original Text

This is a dumb game, but it underscores a belief I have, that the world is full of order that doesn't necessarily deserve our respect. Sometimes, there's meaning, justice and logic present in the way things are. But sometimes there just isn't. I think that the moment we realize this is the moment we become creative people, because it prompts us to mess things up and do something better with the basic pieces of experience. What I'm after in my work, really, is this: the hidden talents of everyday things — all of those overlooked powers bestowed on the things that surround us by the wonders of physics, the complexities of cultural associations and a gazillion other only partially chartable things. So today, I want to show you three projects that reconsider the vast properties of commonplace experience and try to do something better by doing something more absurd.

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