{"id":1599,"date":"2009-10-15T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2009-10-15T09:53:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T13:53:22","slug":"chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-on-shaping-perception-as-a-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1599","title":{"rendered":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Shaping Perception as a Creative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/ChimamandaAdichie_2009G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/ChimamandaAdichie-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=652&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story;year=2009;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=master_storytellers;theme=words_about_words;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks to Paul Melcher&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.melchersystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Paul Melcher&#8217;s Blog<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-excerpt-more\"><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1599\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[145],"tags":[600],"class_list":["post-1599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie","post--no-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8EmB-pN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3923,"url":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=3923","url_meta":{"origin":1599,"position":0},"title":"Haitian Creative Chuck Collins, Illustrator and Animator is Up","date":"7 Dec \u201913","format":false,"excerpt":"Check the written interview, the video profile and the photos.\u00a0 All feedback is welcome. 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