I got sick. Sorry.
Anyway, this is slightly unrelated to the overall thing of depression and everything like that, but at the same time is related. And I'm waffling, I realise that now. Just bear with me.
Shane Koyzcan is a spoken word poet. Earlier this year he released a video titled 'To This Day'. It's a video about bullying. Many animators from around the world volunteered their time and skills to help create a video for this spoken word poem. They were given a 10 second clip of dialogue, the script and the context. They then animated their 10 seconds.
Well, you're probably wondering how this relates to my blog. Well, a while back, I was in a dark spell. I watched this video every single frigging day. Because I was bullied. I was bullied from the very first day I set foot in school to the very last day I left it. Primary school and the people in it hated me. And I found meaning in this video. It struck a chord with me. But at the same time, I hadn't been bullied for years, and I was down and I watched it because the messages in the video, particularly at the end, hold true no matter what situation you are in. The stigma around depression is really bad and can have the same effect as bullying. So here you go. An amazingly wonderful video, really powerful but amazing.
The bit that always gets me: "Someone said she looks like a wrong answer that someone tried to erase but couldn't quite get the job done. But what they don't understand is that she's raising two kids who definition of beauty begins with the word mum. Because they see her heart before they see her soul."
This is an alternate version, with an introduction of about 5 minutes, and it's live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1iS1MqUy4
Less-sick-than-I-was
Samantha.
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