The Subtle Art of the Spoken Word | Omar Farah | TEDxUAlberta
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Omar Farah explains why dialogue is one of the greatest powers we all have. Omar Farah is a 22 year old Somali-Canadian Poet, Engineer-in-training, community builder, and all around "homie". Although he is relatively new to the spoken word scene, Omar has managed to make a name for himself locally and abroad as the former Edmonton Slam Champion, winner of the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, and finalist in the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. He has performed across Canada and the United states from small local cafes to theatres. As well as a "veteran" of sorts having spoken at last year’s TEDxUAlberta conference. His style of rhythmic, complex at times, yet relatable poetry analyzes the world at large from the perspective of African diaspora and aims to transforms the biggest of critiques. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
i ask myself why such a beautiful speech have less viewers?
People are judging the name/colour rather the content!
Asad abdiwahab im asking myself the same question..he is so talented mashallah...i could listen to him speak for hours lol...he is underrated
I am in tears. The poem was so moving. 🙌🏾🤧
People should see this
Masha Allah my walalkeey I will name him abdi wise🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴💋❤❤❤❤💯🇩🇯🇩🇯
This is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever heard.... plz
Impresive
Keep going. More like u please!
Wow Masha Allah
This man just came to my school
That's superb
Beautiful, Insightful peace ✔
mashallah
👏🏾👏🏾
I found Omar's use of poetry offensive 😤😤😤😤.
But I can see his point.
He would be a bard not a poet.(just for clarification)
wdym offensive it was beautiful as he said before he tried linking his numbers to his poetry and he did it while also giving a beautiful speech on how important time is in life and how short life is.
@@sorryboss8550 I was trying to be a little sarcastic.😂
What I meant was how he saw words as a means to an end and my first impression was how pragmatic it sounded but then I recognized afterwards that there is a beauty and a wisdom to using words for extrinsic purposes.
Words do have the potential to have a powerful impact they don't just express meanings.
I also think it's beautiful how he incorporated numerology into his poetry.
The word bard and poet mean the same thing essentially but I was trying to point out the way both used words for different purposes.
A poet is using words for an intrinsic reason.
A poet would be trying to express an idea, an experience or their thoughts and feelings.(introverted vibes🤔)
A bard however would be using words for an extrinsic reason.(extroverted vibes😃)
They would use words to have an external impact on the masses
The world at large.
Words would be used to set the wheels of change in motion.
But the difference isn't really rigid and static.
If you have a mastery over language you could use it for both reasons
So you could be a bard and a poet just in different contexts.
In this context Omar would be a bard
But he could also be a poet depending on the reason for his use if words.
If you've made it to this point I'm glad 😊 you clarified first.mashallah
(Though I will admit as an aspiring poet I am a little envious......😅 mashallah)
But I must give due credit his closing poem was .... really good. 👍👍👍
Mashallah.
Salaam👋👋👋
@@abdiqanihashi484 I like you a lot.
@@sorryboss8550 Hi that made my day.😁
Is he somali?
Yes
Yeah somali