I’ve said it time and time again; video makes me uncomfortable. I want desperately to be more natural and confident with it, and keep trying to push myself in baby steps. But what I really, truly want? I want to be this kid. I want to be flat out, balls-to-the-wall myself and not worry about what others think of me or how I look. This kid is totally into what he’s doing, and clearly loving it.
This kid doesn’t care that his hair sticks out. Or that his skin isn’t flawless. Or even that he’s not actually singing, but rather lip syncing to a song he loves. It’s the attitude, the joy of performing and doing his thing. He hasn’t yet been told that he’s not cool like the cool kids, or that this isn’t the way you do things, or that he should be conforming to how you’re “supposed” to act with video. There’s no concern that he looks like a fool to the rest of the world (and I’d seriously argue that it is precisely that attitude which makes the difference between those who are the creatively gifted and those of us who are merely wannabes, and actually defines the concept of “fool.” As Eleanor Roosevelt famously stated, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.) I desperately want what he’s got–the ability to be cool in his world, to put it out there for the entire world to consume and comment, and to keep doing it, because he clearly loves doing it. He makes me want to be fly like a G6 (or, if you prefer, fried like a cheesestick).
Hellllllll, yeah! No inhibitions.
(thanks to@wexlermoon for the heads up on my new hero!)
I wonder if we could get “our” own Wal-Mart security footage to hack into a video. Then again, maybe the private arena is better.
Perhaps you just have to strap a mobile camera on your shoulder and see what you’ve been watching for 9 hours to decide if anything is worth recording from the other direction. 🙂
Sigh…
Back to the other side of the screen.
Thanks for sharing!
You got the hair and the attitude. You just need some practice getting used to your own image and voice. Baby steps probably won’t get you there.
Normally when you see videos like this, they’re of the Numa Numa variety, where the person made a private recording that went viral. I’m glad to see that this is intentional. And if you look at the responses, a lot of people don’t like the videos, but he keeps posting and people keep watching.
And it’s precisely that dogged “damn the torpedos, full speed ahead” attitude that I love. He’s not bothered by trolls–he just keeps doing what he’s doing because he gets real joy from it. *happy sigh* I definitely need to use this as a teachable moment. ;D
I’m not convinced this is a “kid”. And, don’t ask me why I noticed this, but even though he’s lip-synching, I noticed the big lisp. And that just makes it even funnier to me.