The Healing Power of Poetry | Christian Collier | TEDxChattanooga

For hundreds of years, poetry has served as a tool to help us make sense of the world around us, as well as our places in it. Poetry allows us to tap into our creativity selves, to find and nurture our individual voices, and to better understand who we are. Poetry heals the wounds we’ve carried in the journeys of our lives. Christian J. Collier will speak about the transcendent power poetry holds for us all.

Christian J. Collier is a 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow. This program is made possible by a major grant from the Surdna Foundation and by the generous support of Loft members. He is an accomplished artist and educator who has shared the stage with several members of HBO’s Def Poetry cast, such as legendary poet and activist Ishmael Reed and Grammy-nominated artist Minton Sparks. Some of his works have been featured on The Guardian and published in such publications as Voicemail Poems, Calliope Magazine, and The Origami Poetry Project to name a few.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx