Here’s a wonderful video from this years TED conference.
The slam poet/tech artist/paper sculptor Rives does eight minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours: 4 o’clock in the morning.
This is the best example I’ve ever seen of the power of connections. He’s not making any jokes, but people are laughing. Why? Connections.
July 28, 2007 at 7:10 am
This was excellent. Thanks for pointing it out.
August 16, 2007 at 6:38 am
I don’t know how i missed this post before but I love it!
There was definitely an “ahha! i get it” moment for me when your comment caused me to watch it through a “connections” lens…
August 18, 2007 at 4:49 am
Thanks guys.
Actually, I think I want to be Rives when I grow up.