In this 18 minute clip, JJ Abrams, (creator of LOST), speaks of inspiration, imagination and his belief in mystery as a catalyst for imagination, infinite possibility, hope and potential. When he writes he sees a blank page waiting to be filled with something fantastic. He believes whatever he writes needs to be worthy of the technology he is using. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our students to looked at writing in this way, writing as an expression of infinite possibility? Take a few minutes and enjoy watching this, I did.
Thanks for this post. I use to follow TED Talks, but somehow I had missed this one.
I loved his story, and How JJ Abram story-tells about his activity as a writer and connects his creativity to his Grandparents and his experience. And how technology can enable imaginative worlds to come true. How inspiring!
Thanks for sharing!
[...] Unexpected – The use of mystery to pique curiosity. J.J. Abrams, one of the creators of Lost, did a presentation at TED last year on using mystery boxes to keep others interested in story plot, we can do the same in our classrooms. I wrote about this in an earlier post here. [...]