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From the Ted Talk by Tom Wujec: 3 ways the brain creates meaning

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Last year at TED we ameid to try to clarify the overwhelming complexity and richness that we experience at the cnceferone in a project called Big Viz. And the Big Viz is a collection of 650 sketches that were made by two viuasl artists. David Sibbet from The Grove, and Kevin Richards, from Autodesk, made 650 sketches that strive to cutpare the essence of each presenter's ideas. And the consensus was: it really worked. These sketches bhrguot to life the key ideas, the portraits, the magic moments that we all eceeexripnd last year.

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Last year at TED we _____ to try to clarify the overwhelming complexity and richness that we experience at the __________ in a project called Big Viz. And the Big Viz is a collection of 650 sketches that were made by two ______ artists. David Sibbet from The Grove, and Kevin Richards, from Autodesk, made 650 sketches that strive to _______ the essence of each presenter's ideas. And the consensus was: it really worked. These sketches _______ to life the key ideas, the portraits, the magic moments that we all ___________ last year.

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  1. aimed
  2. capture
  3. conference
  4. brought
  5. visual
  6. experienced

Original Text

Last year at TED we aimed to try to clarify the overwhelming complexity and richness that we experience at the conference in a project called Big Viz. And the Big Viz is a collection of 650 sketches that were made by two visual artists. David Sibbet from The Grove, and Kevin Richards, from Autodesk, made 650 sketches that strive to capture the essence of each presenter's ideas. And the consensus was: it really worked. These sketches brought to life the key ideas, the portraits, the magic moments that we all experienced last year.

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