Victor, Mad Art Labber Victor, spoke at the Reason Rally last weekend in DC. I am sad to have missed this… because he was incredible.
And I'm a little intimidated to talk about how amazing this is because I don't know if my little blogger words can do justice to Victor's inspiring poet words. In under 5 minutes, he delivered one of the most powerful speeches I've heard advocating for non-believers.
Love you, Victor! On behalf of everyone at MAL and Skepchick, I want to say that we are incredibly proud of you and to have you on our team.
Originally posted at MadArtLab.com
Mikey, my three-year-old son, when I finished watching this: "Mommy, why you crying? You have an owie?"
Me: "No, baby. I'm just happy."
Mikey: "Why?"
Me: "Well, I think things are going to be a lot easier for you than they were for me."
Mikey: <long pause> "Can I have some gummies?"
I think he gets it.
And I got a little teary reading your comment.
Ditto.
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He was great! Everything was great! Except I'm still drying out.
That was amazing and inspiring and it made me feel all "fuckyeah!!!" and I'm crying, too. Thank you, Victor, for your words and your heart. *mwah*
"Children should be taught to think critically about what they hear, what they see, and what they believe."–this one really hit home for me. Think I got a little something in my eye!
Beautiful. Normally, the wind noise and low sound quality would have stopped me about 10 seconds into a video like that (wish there was a transcript), but I couldn't stop listening. I wish there were a lot more people like Victor out there.
I changed the voice to fit a friendly audience, normally it's performed in front of a crowd mostly composed of theists, but the majority of what is said is the same as it was posted on MadArtLab here: http://madartlab.com/2011/05/07/flight-of-the-navigator/
Thanks for comments, you all are the reason I started writing more atheist/skeptical themed poems.
Thank you, for words that inspire. I wish I could come up with the words when I need them. Mostly, I read, and this was my first rally. Now, I'm de-lurking just to offer pictures in appreciation. You rock. http://www.humanistsociety.net/reasonrally.html
Thank you for the compliment and the images aki! All the pics look great!