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From the Ted Talk by Nina McNeely: "Once There Was III" -- a mesmerizing blend of dance, animation and tech

Unscramble the Blue Letters


HW: So this session is all about imagination. Tell us a little bit about your ceatvrie process and how imagination clearly plays into that.

NM: So at this point in my career as an artist, I've decided to just let my ifluennces flow into me without question, even if they're not on trend or unpopular. And this music really srtuck me with these visions of the religious iconography I was exposed to growing up in the Catholic Church. And because of my mcaixen and Filipino heritage, that imagery was intense, a little bloody and dramatic.

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And I just reebmemr being surrounded by these paintings and figurines whose faces expressed such sorrow and piety and easstcy. And I just remember being celmtoeply awestruck and put in the state of pure, childlike wonderment by their beauty and darkness. And it's my greatest desire to recreate that experience and share it with the wlord.

Open Cloze


HW: So this session is all about imagination. Tell us a little bit about your ________ process and how imagination clearly plays into that.

NM: So at this point in my career as an artist, I've decided to just let my __________ flow into me without question, even if they're not on trend or unpopular. And this music really ______ me with these visions of the religious iconography I was exposed to growing up in the Catholic Church. And because of my _______ and Filipino heritage, that imagery was intense, a little bloody and dramatic.

(______)

And I just ________ being surrounded by these paintings and figurines whose faces expressed such sorrow and piety and _______. And I just remember being __________ awestruck and put in the state of pure, childlike wonderment by their beauty and darkness. And it's my greatest desire to recreate that experience and share it with the _____.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. ecstasy
  3. world
  4. struck
  5. influences
  6. laughs
  7. completely
  8. creative
  9. mexican

Original Text


HW: So this session is all about imagination. Tell us a little bit about your creative process and how imagination clearly plays into that.

NM: So at this point in my career as an artist, I've decided to just let my influences flow into me without question, even if they're not on trend or unpopular. And this music really struck me with these visions of the religious iconography I was exposed to growing up in the Catholic Church. And because of my Mexican and Filipino heritage, that imagery was intense, a little bloody and dramatic.

(Laughs)

And I just remember being surrounded by these paintings and figurines whose faces expressed such sorrow and piety and ecstasy. And I just remember being completely awestruck and put in the state of pure, childlike wonderment by their beauty and darkness. And it's my greatest desire to recreate that experience and share it with the world.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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