Usually when one hears a Ted talk, it is from a person of
high education with a lot of experience in his field that he gives a talk
on. But for Amanda Palmer, she is giving
a talk on her life and how even though we believe that the world can no longer
be trusted, she has found the loop hole that proves that if you just ask, the
world is there to catch you when you fall if only you let them.
This Ted
Talk was very mind opening. It my
opinion it takes massive skill to ask for help.
And Amanda Palmer has perfected that art. But it makes me wonder if all the help and
attention and genuine trust could come to anyone or if there is something special
about Ms. Palmer that draws others to her.
This video makes me want to listen to her music to see how she is
affecting all of those 25,000 people enough to contribute to her great success
via trust and donations.
It was awe-inspiring
how she was able to morph her street statue work into her full out career and
genuinely trust her fans to let them help her in her journey in all sorts of
ways. I believe that it is her outlook
on life, seeing trust not risk, which gives her the courage to trust the
world. But the way that I and many
others have grown up, we no longer trust the world but keep everyone at a
distance until we can learn more about them to build trust, instead of just
freely giving that trust to anyone and everyone.
It would be
very interesting to repeat her experience to see if it was her personality and
music that brought all those people together or whether society as a whole can
be trusted to help others when they are asked.
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