Finally, I remembered the video that has been watched over 15 million times on YouTube...and for good reason.
Where the Hell is Matt is about 4 1/2 minutes of one guy dancing....all over the world. His geeky dance steps are repeated over and over again: in Paris, in India, in Africa, in the ocean, in space. And everywhere he went he found adults and children who were happy to dance with him.
Is there any more optimistic message than this: given the chance people will always dance together.
PS. The gorgeous voice you hear is Palbasha Siddiqui, a 17 year old second generation Bengali of Bangladeshi origin from Minneapolis. The words are a poem titled Gitanjali (Stream of Life), by Rabindranath Tagore. Here is a translation of what she is singing:
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves
of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death,
in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.
You can find more about Matt's adventure here.
And if you have a truly high high-speed connection, watch the video in gorgeous HD by clicking the link in blue just below the video.
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves
of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death,
in ebb and in flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.
You can find more about Matt's adventure here.
And if you have a truly high high-speed connection, watch the video in gorgeous HD by clicking the link in blue just below the video.
3 comments:
The hope and joy in this video made me smile and smile. Thank you!
Thank you -- that was wonderful!
This is very, very cool. And thanks for the link to Matt. He sounds like a terrific guy.
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