TEDx Talk – "Our Need for Creativity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA6ZtRXi_cM&t=280s Over a decade ago, as an impressionable young woman in her twenties, I spent some time in Mexico City, where I encountered for the first time, the life and works of Frida Kahlo. I have this distinct memory of walking through her sunlit home with bright blue walls – now a museum frozen in time. The old pieces of traditional Mexican pottery and textiles strewn among her easels, gave me a sense of her deep identification with the many Mexicos past, overlaid with veneers of the present. Through symbolism and experience, her paintings were her revelations – the pain and suffering of her life, lived and recreated. I didn’t know it then, but it was these moments of connecting deeply with one woman’s quest for self realisation that left an indelible impact. Today, I'm here to share with you my experiences with what has become the Iconic Women Project. A story of creative self expression , mine as well as those of women thro...