Why I spend hours sketching in conflict zones | George Butler
Jan 09, 2026•32 min
Episode description
Illustrator and TED Fellow George Butler reports on the ground from conflict zones, climate hotspots and humanitarian crises, using pen, ink and watercolors to highlight personal stories of perseverance. By slowing down and going deeper than the headlines, his humanistic approach is shifting how we think about the news.
Following the talk, Lily James Olds, director of the TED Fellows program, interviews Butler on why slow observation through drawing builds trust in of age of rapid AI-generated images.
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