Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Wait for the man with the mocking bird
I’ve seen three of his brainwaves on TED and loved them but this one is my favorite. I like the way he accelerates and slows down again in a continues stream / flow of words. The power of language. It’s not only the meaning of the story and the sentence within, the words itself are explosions of meaning, personalized associations and public symbolism. He uses that power.
I’m very keen on to that kind of oral expression. Dutch (society critical) comedy has a great culture doing just that. Our language invites you to.
(Rives, in my humble opinion, is bordering on comedy)
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speaker Rives
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posted April, 2007
filmed February, 2006