Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
About Me
- Tom
- Father, aspiring writer, fledgling filmmaker and occasional philosopher...
My Books
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(214)
-
▼
December
(31)
- Blogging award
- New Destinations
- Wall Street
- Some Christmas Pics
- Failing in public
- Lost in absurdity
- Barium milkshake
- UnBEARably cute
- Goodbyes
- No tomorrow
- Words, so many words
- More medical moments
- The weekend
- Peoria
- New look
- A healthy boy, and doctor politics
- Tag, I'm it
- Another specialist
- What are you going to with it?
- What do I want to do when I grow up?
- Hack... cough... blah
- Between shoots
- Seige: Day 2
- Home sick
- Escuela Mexicana de Arte Down
- Beware the Baubles
- Sounds of sickness
- Goodbye to Self
- Happiness is...
- Rata tat tat
- "In delay there lies no plenty..."
-
▼
December
(31)
© Narrow Ridge. 2005-2013. Powered by Blogger.
3 comments:
That was great! I also enjoyed a few of the youtube segments that pop up afterwards.
It's amazing the number of thoughts and emotions I charge through in such a short space of time when watching things like this.
They go from feelings of gratitude that there are people out there allowing people with DS to express themeselves - through irritation at the "look at these strange people, aren't they talented" feel to it - through thoughts of whether it makes any difference to the quality of the art, depending on the background and disabilities the artist has had to overcome - through admiration for people being creative - through anger at a world which sees difference in terms of better or worse, rather than just variety.
I guess it's the age old conflict in me that one the one hand wants to celebrate and enjoy the variety and difference my daughter brings, while at the same time railing against a world that either thinks she should have been aborted, or is some kind of talanted panda.
The fact that you just posted the video without comment, Tom, makes me think you're also not entirely sure whether it makes you feel good or lousy.
Emily: I checked out a few more of the videos after you brought it up and really enjoyed some of them too.
Kim: You hit on some of the key things I've been struggling with lately... when I get a breather, I want to address some of the things you brought up in more detail. Thanks..
Post a Comment