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

Father, author of the book "Ugly," and political advisor, Robert Hoge explores why we all need to own our own faces. Sharing his own personal story, Robert examines, life, love, beauty, imperfection, and pain in this powerful talk.

Robert Hoge has worked as a journalist, a speechwriter, a science communicator for the CSIRO, and a political advisor to the former Queensland Premier and Deputy Premier. While he never went far with his professional lawn bowls career, Robert did carry the Olympic torch in 2000. He is married and lives in Brisbane with an 11-year-old daughter who thinks his Olympic torch would make a really great cricket bat.