TED Tuesday #5 is a short video that leaves you with a lot to think about. In under 10 minutes, violinist Robert Gupta discusses his interactions with schizophrenic Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a Juliard-trained musician in Los Angeles, California.
Through interacting with Ayers, Gupta realizes that music is what allows Ayers to take his thoughts and delusions and shape them into reality. It is the medium by which Ayers is able to interact with society; his medicine and his sanity.
While it may not be music that allows you to truly speak, take some time to watch Gupta’s talk and think about how it is that you best communicate and receive messages. What is your uninhibited medium?
Note: Ayers’ story was the basis for the movie The Soloist, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.
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