TED - Rick Smolan & Natasha’s story
Geez! three TED posts in a row, gotta tell you about other stuff, but sorry got one more for now.
I got the chance to catch up on a few TED episodes. Couple of them were okay but eh, not exciting or anything. The one that did get in my head today was the one with Rick Smolan. Rick tells us about a very interesting story about a kid he befriends while working on a photography self-assigned project. I got hooked onto the story quickly and listened as the drama unfolded. The grandmother dies and Mr Smolan is “willed” this child.
Imagine getting a call saying that you have a person that has been “willed” to you. It was a great story to listen and watch. Natasha’s story is great to listen to and she even comes up to the stage at the end. At the end of the story, I thought of my own life and how it could have been different with just a few seemingly unimportant differences early on. It also reminds me of the DMB song, Dancing Nancies “Could I Have Been Anyone Other Than Me... ” Its a cool story; as far as I am concerned, two thumbs up. More TED comments.
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wow this is the first video I’ve watched of this, it was amazing. After I clicked on it and realized it was 25 minutes (I’m at work) I thought I would turn it off in a second….but the entire story was so amazing I couldn’t stop watching. The photographer has a great soothing speaking voice. So cool! Thanks for posting this, what an awesome story.
Yeah I noticed the time went by really fast when I watched this. I’m glad you liked it too, I thought it was pretty cool.