TEDxMiddlebury - Phil Kaye - Why We Tell Stories 

Anyone who gets up on a stage with nothing more than their thoughts and their voice deserves huge respect. Respect to you, Phil Kaye.

When he was like "Sarah Kay, no relation" i laughed because I remembered "An Origin Story" (i think that's what it's called). :P

"i have heard that even in space you can hear the scratch of an i-i-i-i-i-i-- I love you" these words have been stuck in my head for weeks. thank you

his description of dealing with a stutter is the best I have ever heard. Thank you Phil Kaye.

"...Sarah Kay, no relation." Me: EXCEPT THAT YOU TWO ARE THE MOST DYNAMIC PLATONIC DUO TO EVER EXIST, YOU JAPA-JEWS.

Repetition is my favorite spoken word by Phil. It's amazing

WHAT an attractive man. Inside and out.

I wonder if this poem means less and less to him as he says it each time...

Gosh, the incorporation of Romeo & Juliet made my heart do little jumps. Thank you.

I am consistently amazed by Phil Kaye. I first encountered his spoken poetry last year, and, since then, I have become enveloped by his stories and words. The ability with which he narrates the human experience is exhiliarating yet humbling. It is a true joy that he has stood by this affirmation of writing and continues to produce eloquent, meaningful and familiar works today.

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.

To tell a good story is to live a good story. How profound! What a remarkable young man with such remarkable abilities, talents, stories and poetry.

"Let go the idea of perfection." Thanks, Phil

what makes him a good story teller is that he seems so natural in delivering his story!!! amazing

I love the overall tone of "anti-gravity" throughout the speech, beginning with the spoken word, continuing into the deep "vulnerability" of unknown, and ending with that jagged jaw.

Ahh YES. Thank you for bringing the answer to story to the world. How simple. How warm and wonderful. Live your best story.

Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay are my favorites! 👏👌❤️🇲🇨

Thanks a million Mr Phil Kaye, Your speeches and optimistic-ism are admirable.

I could listen to him talk to me alllll day. such interesting subjects and words and just.. wow. I love it. thank you phil. x

This is so insipring and such a great tale. I wish you and him all the happiness in the world

This is just amazingly emotional. I am from Colombia, and I am loving this world of spoken words, I am sad to see in my country I cannot seem to find that such world has been created yet. I would love find it, and start learning from it, but I guess I´ll have to try and start one, it´s incredible how these kind of people such as Phil and Sarah make you see the world at least for a little while as a combination of human feelings that may be described with only words.

Thank you Phil. You never fail to inspire me. You've helped me pick myself up from the same situation with my parents, for that I'm grateful.

In the midst of all the comments complaining about sound and discussing similarities I would like to congratulate you for how well you created yourself

Hey Philip! You are love brother! Thank you for this amazing session! ❤

I am alive. I am somebody. My story is my map. I don't think I've ever heard storytelling described in a more perfect way.

Wow. One of my favourite TED talks on story telling. Immediately.

This is an amazing TED talk, thank you Phil Kaye.. you are an inspiration...

Thank you, Phil Kaye, it was your poetry that inspired me to get down to business and write the autobio that I was required to write tonight. Haha

This is a really interesting talk/performance. I particularly like the part where he tries to make sense of why we tell stories - because of the vulnerability of our lives and to create a structure (or city map as he calls it) of our life experiences. The poems at the beginning and end are pretty powerful too.

13:20 ... Fear of JOY- Is the darkest of captivities🌈The beauty of truth ... Transforms pain🌺

The best way to tell a good story is to live a good story. Love it.

Mr. Phil Kaye, i would gladly pay any day, to hear you poetically impart to us your poems and problems :)

Phil Kaye, beautiful man.

You are amazing. Thank you.

Complicated legacy worth passing on!

We tell stories for the same reason we speak: to communicate and to be understood, not only with and by others but with and by ourselves. . . . I think. . .

You sir, are so wonderful. I have been glued to your videos along with Sarah Kay (no relation to you I know). I just love hearing you speak. I would gladly pay to hear you talk about your life. :3

His poem is just perfect.

Man, I’m in love with this man...

the very fuel of why we do things is the desire for happiness... to feel good, to feel the way we want to feel... to feel alive

I have to be sure to share this with an Ex of ine. He was a story teller. So was his father. I always knew when he did it was his way to show his voluneribility and connect with those in a way that was familuar and comfortible.

amazing, inspirational, beautiful stories.

Phil, you're my hero. I'm letting go now...

Truly wonderful talk thank you

Phil Kaye, your children are going to hear some phenomenal bedtime stories.

Wow! The poem at the end (I missed what it's called) I had not heard before and its soo powerful!

his poems hit me hard 😭

Film with great elements.

please don't ever stop creating.

This is just too good

Me crying so many times while watching this :(

wow...this is great.... ...but that ending poem is humbling. fantastic stuff!!

Fabulous!

Beautiful.

Final poem: AWESOME!!! WHO gets it like that!!??!!!

You are amazing

Amazing poet

why do i love him so much???????? ahhhh..... an artist i guess

With his black jumper he looks like two hands and a floating head. Great poem though, can't believe I didn't learn about Phil and Sarah before they came to Aus!

you are my inspiration

His Jack Sparrow impression though XD oh my gosh that was great!!

I love you man.

Both Phil and Sarah ended Ted Talks with poems related to Japan. Cute.

Amazing

The cutest smile in the universe

excellent!

Honesty,is a supercool word.

Embrace Vulnerability

My mother and Phil's mother are really close friends, so I can say from experience that in person there's not really similarities.

Here in Norway if there are avaliable seats somewhere else, but someone decides to sit down next to someone else, instead of alone, then you'll probably be frowned upon. And if you add talking to it, the person you're talking to is just going to think you're crazy or dont have friends or soemthing like that. I like to talk to strangers, but there are too many people that put up walls :/ You're lucky you even dared to try, and that the result was good :D

So inspiring!! Best of luck to the two of you :)

Thanks :)

what an inspiring man and attractive man.im straight though.

the feels T. T

Ironically, repetition creates or helps gain confidence.

Deep

starstruck !

A poet.

Why are you so beautiful, Phil?

Phil Kaye

Is this at Middlebury University or just Vermont in general?

really appreciate--------------zafar from Pakistan

Middlebury College in Vermont

wait so those poems weren't his life stories?! :OOO im kidding but really i agree with you it was legendary : 3 never heard anyone speak like that before

watch: An Origin Story

This posting was 6 months ago, have you guys been together 9 months now? I would love to hear if your story has continued. :)

Their voices are interestingly similar, but I think that they only look similar in the dark and from a distance.

From My Poems To Yours

lucky you

I'm sure you could start one. Just get some people involved, and then you'll see your dream come true.

Are you guys still together? We are all wondering!

It really just depends on how she presented herself and said it :p

sooo.. it's been a year now? :>

"Sarah Kay, no relation."

are you still together?

At some point, I hope he & Sarah get together.

you may ship him and sarah but you realize that he is almost twice her age...

it's called Teeth

I'm mesmerized by his jaw line, just sayin.

the audio is so bad