Naima Penniman: "Being Human"

Naima Penniman: "Being Human" | TED Countdown

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In this stunning spoken-word performance, poet and "freedom-forging futurist" Naima Penniman celebrates the wonders of the natural world and humanity's connection to it. "I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings," she says.
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@LynHannan 2 жыл бұрын

All the anxieties and happinesses get a mention here, as do the ups and downs. This is normal. This is life. This is what it means to BE, in any era of any culture. Nicely inclusive!

@Fleischnaka 2 жыл бұрын

More important than the words, the energy this woman transfer to me. Thanks you.

@photogenicplant3294 Жыл бұрын

Wow just wow. Amazing work of art. This helps me calm down whenever I am stressed when I am listening to this I am able to cry and be at peace. I am very nervous and I relate to so many of these. This has helped me so much.

@elinope4745 2 жыл бұрын

I am too literal to appreciate this. I hope it is moving for people. My favorite cup of soup is not the most popular, so when things don't appeal to me, it often means that they appeal to many other people instead.

@globalieltstrainersgit7707 2 жыл бұрын

It's great you can tap into your own inner self . It's not everyone's cuppa tea and so it shouldnt be . We are a diverse race each individually created in God's image .

@saltiestsiren 2 жыл бұрын

No, I agree with you. All I can think about is how all the things she listed lack consciousness and emotions and thoughts. They can’t even feel pain. There is nothing to be tired of or scared of if you’re a snowflake or the sun. You just exist; you don’t live. Life is hardly a gift in my opinion

@johndoe4466 2 жыл бұрын

I'm also a very literal person, and I know that these things don't actually feel anything. However, I think the beauty of her message was that we human beings DO feel things. And we DO have consciousness and emotions and thoughts. And yes, pain and fear as well. We project our emotions and feelings on inanimate objects like the mountains and the sun, not as a reflection of those things, but as a reflection of ourselves. We see a snowflake and see ourselves trying to be perfect. We see the waves and the sand and see ourselves fighting against futility. We live, not because we exist, but because we ascribe meaning to the world and to our existence. That, I think, is the gift of being human.

@zakiyalord6561 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this gift.

@CaptainSnowball08 Жыл бұрын

Just beautiful! Thank you for this ❤️

@juliaranduskova3529 2 жыл бұрын

This made me speachless.I am new here on TED and I Can say such a good decision..What a pleasure to watch and listen This words od wisdom.

@JoeZerit0 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely poem :]

@AppleSpicerGames 2 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful

@hamza3065 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful.

@SweetGaBrownin 2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful and exhilarating expression of art...thank you🙏🏽💙

@SomoyOsomoy365 2 жыл бұрын

Thankful! 🥰👍

@MYROTE. 2 жыл бұрын

I love this piece

@ONYXPages 2 жыл бұрын

Come on, Naima! Come on!!! ✨✨

@romanlee8287 2 жыл бұрын

I teared up…

@brett4264 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder..... How I made thru all four minutes of that.

@jonatasnogueira7525 2 жыл бұрын

I couldnt last 30 seconds 🤣

@assel4225 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@anggrejitoenglish9802 2 жыл бұрын

Moral according to me : enjoy being Who you are.

@dwiisneniah1184 Жыл бұрын

Helo, i’m Dwi Isneniah and let me share my opinion about this video tedtalk from youtube chanel, the tittle of the video is “Naima Peniman : BEING HUMAN”. when I saw this video once, at first I felt that this video was a little confusing for me, and I ended up repeating it several times until I felt the energy conveyed by the woman in this video made me feel the transfer of energy not only from words. the words he put together but from every body movement he did had meaning, anxiety and happiness seemed to be conveyed neatly in this video. I really appreciate that and thankyou! ❤

@muhammadriaz-hn5ih 2 жыл бұрын

Effort give way to existence. Marvelous😊

@AZTigerMMA 2 жыл бұрын

“I’m just an island boi”

@deepakarya7929 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@MrSimeonk 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@domsau2 2 жыл бұрын

She is nice, but I didn't understand. What was she about, please? (I'm French.)

@elmaxlife 2 жыл бұрын

En faite elle fait des métaphores en rapport avec les éléments de la nature, les êtres vivants. C'est relativement difficile à comprendre comme vidéo finalement, tu peux passer ton chemin dessus xD

@susanbrown7185 2 жыл бұрын

🌟❤️🌟

@randolphfriend8260 2 жыл бұрын

❤ & ❤ from a friend

@mercemurray 2 жыл бұрын

So poetic. Love it 💗

@latteicedchai 10 ай бұрын

wow

@malikaeddakhch8444 2 жыл бұрын

Beauuuutiful

@henrycardona2940 2 жыл бұрын

This is for the poets who talk, About whether there is life in a rock, And whether their strife is part of the whole. If we can carry a holistic approach to include the Earth as one of our own, Then the sun becomes our son, And the rivers tell us where they want to run, Why lightning jumps the gun, And thunder shakes our soul.

@vlogbgmnocopyrightmusic 2 жыл бұрын

💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚

@Frozan 2 жыл бұрын

Remarkable speech 👏👏👏

@hananealami9535 2 жыл бұрын

Is good

@raystravel8325 2 жыл бұрын

Try not moving so much. Sit in nature and don't speak and don't move. Just watch. You move around too much. Nature might think something is wrong.

@qgrh 2 жыл бұрын

I have an answer that may help her : no, they don’t.

@lonolo9009 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder

@QuotableVision11 2 жыл бұрын

☑️Dear person reading this, Listen to your own voice , your own soul , too many people listen to the noise of the world , instead of themselves .🎈 Deep inside , you know what you want , let no one decide that for you .🎀 Cheering for You✨ Love From a Small KZfaqr💛🖤.

@saltiestsiren 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could appreciate this. But the things she listed off lack consciousness, don’t feel pain, cannot form thoughts. They simply exist, they do not live. Humans must wake up and face the pain and suffering of living every single day. The sun does not have to choose to rise, it just does. The fact humans have the choice whether or not to exist is complicated enough, in my opinion, let alone the hundreds of other things we deal with in a single lifetime.

@jonlee8339 2 жыл бұрын

Thinkin bout life n staff

@jardelainen8278 2 жыл бұрын

Somebody squirming around speaking in rhyme, not a great ted video

@Alwyn_Nito 2 жыл бұрын

what if deep sea black coral could be a puzzle _piece_ to immortality? Edit: I forgot a word

@iamhaiq 2 жыл бұрын

If you raise the level of your family EQ You essentially raise the level of their IQ

@YR2050 2 жыл бұрын

She is an Earther from The Expanse.

@sigmajapheth7331 2 жыл бұрын

And some people don't want to understand our imperfections and they prefer to put things to make us fall. It's disappointing.

@Egg-Thor 2 жыл бұрын

Second

@amateurgolfer6947 2 жыл бұрын

That’s Salman Khans corporation .. copy rights infringe:)

@Fightosaurus 2 жыл бұрын

Please let Sam Hyde do a talk like this

@egonarciss5493 2 жыл бұрын

Nb int hun

@PiRaHelTur 2 жыл бұрын

A men = Creator Human = Gods

@pawelsawicki7003 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy imagination and not so interesting it is

@ganesha2933 2 жыл бұрын

This is a dying channel.

@brett4264 2 жыл бұрын

There are medications for that.

@donredinius8497 2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, this does not qualify as a TED talk.

@UA-wb4ru Жыл бұрын

What overacting and how superficial this looks and sounds

@peggystreetinfluencer 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@emmaedwoods3520 Жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful

@susanbrown7185 2 жыл бұрын

🌟❤️🌟