1
00:00:14,986 --> 00:00:17,945
Have you ever wondered
what the sound of your voice looks like?

2
00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:19,415
Huh, I bet you're wondering

3
00:00:19,415 --> 00:00:22,469
why this guy is wondering
what the sound of his voice looks like.

4
00:00:22,469 --> 00:00:23,995
It's just ... mute.

5
00:00:25,167 --> 00:00:27,026
Sorry, moot point.

6
00:00:27,046 --> 00:00:29,733
I mean, voice can't be seen,
can hardly be heard.

7
00:00:29,754 --> 00:00:30,855
Every time I'm talking,

8
00:00:30,895 --> 00:00:33,712
you start listening to yourself,
you start tuning me out.

9
00:00:33,712 --> 00:00:34,711
Are you even here?

10
00:00:34,731 --> 00:00:35,731
Are you hearing me?

11
00:00:35,751 --> 00:00:37,265
Are you listening to me?

12
00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:41,717
Sometimes, it's like
I've got nothing to say, right?

13
00:00:42,311 --> 00:00:43,786
Everybody knows how this feels.

14
00:00:43,806 --> 00:00:46,087
It's like trying to make
something out of nothing

15
00:00:46,107 --> 00:00:48,116
just for the purpose of justifying myself,

16
00:00:48,136 --> 00:00:49,334
but even then ...

17
00:00:49,352 --> 00:00:50,582
I just don't see it.

18
00:00:51,691 --> 00:00:53,677
I could be mad, glad, happy, or sad.

19
00:00:53,702 --> 00:00:55,774
That wouldn't make
an ounce of a difference.

20
00:00:55,774 --> 00:00:57,403
Your ignorance, making me restless

21
00:00:57,403 --> 00:00:59,839
and thinking it's best
just to turn around,

22
00:00:59,839 --> 00:01:01,201
walk away, have a great day,

23
00:01:01,241 --> 00:01:03,755
but you won't hear, feel,
or see that anyway, so,

24
00:01:03,784 --> 00:01:04,986
I'm lost.

25
00:01:05,504 --> 00:01:06,935
And yeah, I've got a question.

26
00:01:06,962 --> 00:01:08,344
What does my voice look like?

27
00:01:08,364 --> 00:01:09,785
What does my voice look like?

28
00:01:10,516 --> 00:01:14,578
A kid grows up learning how to walk,
learning how to act, learning how to talk,

29
00:01:14,596 --> 00:01:17,177
only never to be seen,
only maybe to be heard,

30
00:01:17,204 --> 00:01:20,173
only to have half of his ideas
be shared into the world.

31
00:01:20,186 --> 00:01:22,947
And he gets lost even more
between social media,

32
00:01:22,965 --> 00:01:24,242
schools with no voice.

33
00:01:24,262 --> 00:01:25,811
Voice becomes type and seen,

34
00:01:25,811 --> 00:01:29,046
looking like words and letters on a page,
in a screen, in a phone.

35
00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:32,305
He either has to join all of that,
or he'd be left alone.

36
00:01:32,484 --> 00:01:34,584
No other choices
and all these other voices,

37
00:01:34,601 --> 00:01:36,641
but I'm still looking for mine.

38
00:01:36,656 --> 00:01:38,196
What does mine look like?

39
00:01:39,058 --> 00:01:40,765
Humph, and that kid ...

40
00:01:40,786 --> 00:01:42,375
that kid grew up to be me.

41
00:01:42,398 --> 00:01:43,984
With support from all my family,

42
00:01:43,998 --> 00:01:45,995
I learned to see my voice in the physical,

43
00:01:46,015 --> 00:01:48,159
in the lyrical,
in the true meaning of it all.

44
00:01:48,178 --> 00:01:49,179
And my voice ...

45
00:01:49,195 --> 00:01:50,674
my voice looks like this:

46
00:01:50,685 --> 00:01:53,303
movements that come from my mind
to these footprints,

47
00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,960
to these dancers, these artists,

48
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,601
to these stages, and these crowds,

49
00:01:56,621 --> 00:02:00,365
to all these people who never listen
or see us or care, but cheer so loud,

50
00:02:00,385 --> 00:02:03,175
who know not to listen,
not to give half a chance.

51
00:02:03,195 --> 00:02:04,438
I'm one of the lucky ones.

52
00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,296
I could put this all in a dance,

53
00:02:06,316 --> 00:02:07,884
put this all in the moves!

54
00:02:08,390 --> 00:02:10,474
The music that my voice
is making right now,

55
00:02:10,494 --> 00:02:12,866
can you see how I'm being seen right now?

56
00:02:13,665 --> 00:02:16,160
Finally, my idea is getting through.

57
00:02:16,180 --> 00:02:18,966
I got you stopped for a split second
and control your view.

58
00:02:18,986 --> 00:02:21,042
Your thoughts, your attention is mine.

59
00:02:21,062 --> 00:02:23,350
And all I can hope for
is that you open your mind

60
00:02:23,350 --> 00:02:24,895
and try to understand one thing:

61
00:02:25,309 --> 00:02:26,892
we have just been trying

62
00:02:26,912 --> 00:02:28,485
not only to be heard

63
00:02:28,506 --> 00:02:30,212
but also to be seen.

64
00:02:32,562 --> 00:02:34,556
(Applause)