Performance - Sleeping at Last - Saturn | Iman Cochu | TEDxYouth@AKAMombasa

We tend to forget that even though we are technically infinitely small in space, we hold meaning; and that there is more to the bigger picture than just quantities and relativism. Not everything can be measured like that, hence it is easy for us to feel immensely insignificant in the grand scheme of things. This song reminds us that we still exist despite the vastness of the universe; and that has to mean something. We have an impact, and we exist, we are meaningful, and we are here; that is the message I wanted to get across by performing it.
Iman believes that every person, no matter how insignificant they may think themselves in the grand scheme of things, has an impact on other lives and must recognize that they still exist despite the vastness and complexity of the universe. She believes that the arts are the only way to communicate things such as this; as they are doorways to truths that we cannot see with our own eyes but that are very much real.
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