Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck (re-release)
TED Talks Daily1 Aug 2025

Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck (re-release)

Cartoonist Liana Finck's drawings hold our hands through life's predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to think about our relationship with God. In a funny, moving talk, she shares some of her drawings and shows how she uses creativity to navigate false starts and cluelessness in the search for belonging.


This episode originally aired January 2, 2024.

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