Comments by "justgivemethetruth" (@justgivemethetruth) on "Embrace the Shake | Phil Hansen | TED Talks" video.

If he was really in touch with anything he would know instinctively when he was destroying his body ... and not call self-destruction art ... at least not in this case. I'm glad he did not destroy his body or his ability to do what he likes, but I see nothing to admire, respect or copy here. Lots of people do similar things for their work with repetitive stress injury ... is there anything noble about that? Not in my view.
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I got that point, but to be the devil's advocate for a moment, and I'm happy he made the best of his situation, but is the "real" lesson to be learned hear to pay attention and be conscious about what we do to our bodies. That lesson can apply to many more areas of life than just art, or embracing the shake, and if people paid more attention to what is really happening in the world it might actually get fixed, because many things are way out of balance and no one seems to notice - beforehand?
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