TEDxMiddlebury - Phil Kaye - Why We Tell Stories
Phil Kaye is a touring poet, published author, and co-director of Project V.O.I.C.E. He has appeared on NPR, performed at Lincoln Center, and most recently ...
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Translator: Jihyeon J. Kim Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard Hi, my name is Phil. I want to start with a poem. My mother taught me this trick. If you repeat something over and over again, it loses its meaning. For example, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework. See? Nothing. Our life, she said, is the same way. You watch the sunset too often, it just becomes 6 p.m. You make the same mistake over and over, you'll stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up, wake up, wake up, one day you'll forget why. I should have known nothing is forever. My parents left each other when I was seven years old. Before their last argument, they sent me off to the neighbor's house like some astronaut jettison from the shuttle. When I came back, there was...
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Translator: Jihyeon J. Kim Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard Hi, my name is Phil. I want to start with a poem. My mother taught me this trick. If you repeat something over and over again, it loses its meaning. For example, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework. See? Nothing. Our life, she said, is the same way. You watch the sunset too often, it just becomes 6 p.m. You make the same mistake over and over, you'll stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up, wake up, wake up, one day you'll forget why. I should have known nothing is forever. My parents left each other when I was seven years old. Before their last argument, they sent me off to the neighbor's house like some astronaut jettison from the shuttle. When I came back, there was...
