Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Public Speaking
Once a person has received what they believe to be an authentic message, a moral duty arises to attempt to communicate it. The most intimate, effective and authentic method of communication is public speaking. This is true for me.
In the absence of an audience I have resorted to YouTube videos because it is the closest thing to being there. Observation of a speaker's presence is essential to understanding, but a video is the next best thing. Through this means, we are raising a whole new generation of speakers and performers who would otherwise never have an audience. They have a virtual audience, conceived in their mind and eventually realized. Thereby, the monopoly of the public mind, held by the mainstream media, is broken.
The only sad deficit is the sensation missed by the performer in the absence of approbration by a real audience. By real, I mean physically present. However, if a speaker is effective in virtual reality the possibility exists of a real audience in physical reality. A level playing field gives them an equal opportunity. This is the ultimate freedom.
Please see and give me your comments on my YouTube videos at channel DHChristie.
In the absence of an audience I have resorted to YouTube videos because it is the closest thing to being there. Observation of a speaker's presence is essential to understanding, but a video is the next best thing. Through this means, we are raising a whole new generation of speakers and performers who would otherwise never have an audience. They have a virtual audience, conceived in their mind and eventually realized. Thereby, the monopoly of the public mind, held by the mainstream media, is broken.
The only sad deficit is the sensation missed by the performer in the absence of approbration by a real audience. By real, I mean physically present. However, if a speaker is effective in virtual reality the possibility exists of a real audience in physical reality. A level playing field gives them an equal opportunity. This is the ultimate freedom.
Please see and give me your comments on my YouTube videos at channel DHChristie.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Authenticity
Why do I call this "authenticity"? Simply because I believe authenticity is the essence of personal honesty.
Once I was told by an old friend who hoped I would climb the conventional ladder to success in politics, that she was very disappointed in me leaving the Conservative party and doing what I have done in life. I replied to her, "This above all else: to thine own self be true."
It is authenticity which characterizes my life. Each person receives and can become a unique message to the world. To be true to that message is what I have tried to do. This may be Western Canadian separation and the creation of a new nation of Western Canada, or fighting as a lawyer for liberty against the tax man, hate speech laws, war crimes, in defamation or other actions where I defend the weak against the powerful or the individual against the state. It may be the way that I treat my land, my friends, my family, my country or my God. It may be building a rock wall. It is what I strive for: authenticity.
Once I was told by an old friend who hoped I would climb the conventional ladder to success in politics, that she was very disappointed in me leaving the Conservative party and doing what I have done in life. I replied to her, "This above all else: to thine own self be true."
It is authenticity which characterizes my life. Each person receives and can become a unique message to the world. To be true to that message is what I have tried to do. This may be Western Canadian separation and the creation of a new nation of Western Canada, or fighting as a lawyer for liberty against the tax man, hate speech laws, war crimes, in defamation or other actions where I defend the weak against the powerful or the individual against the state. It may be the way that I treat my land, my friends, my family, my country or my God. It may be building a rock wall. It is what I strive for: authenticity.
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