Unit $1-$ Activity $2$: Prompting Passion

$6.$ Sting: How I started writing songs again $($TED talk $-$ overcoming writers block$)$

About Sting: "Composer, singer$-$songwriter, actor, author and activist $$ Sting was born in Newcastle, England, before moving to London in $1977$ to form The Police. The band released five studio albums, earned six Grammy Awards and two Brits, and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in $2003."$ About Sting's TED Talk: "After a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for nearly a decade, Sting found inspiration by channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew from his childhood. $($Source: TED Radio Hour$)$ In conclusion, having the chance to watch this TED talk in class and write about it our Activity $2$ submissions, it can be concluded as follows: $"[$Creativity is$]$ the ability to take a risk. To actually put yourself on the line and risk ridicule, being pilloried, criticized, whatever. But $...$ you must take that risk." $($Source: TED Radio Hour, by NPR$/$TED Staff$)$