Michael K TaylorTedx 2010 Nasa - Poetry Reading and Talk about creativity (Fall 2010) Poetry 0:55 sec - 3:15

After one of TEDx organizers was introduced to my work, I was invited to a TedX talk as a speaker with less than 4 days to submit the proposal and a week until the performance. I based the poem and talk on my previous piece "Rebirth of Reformation". During the first 2 min, the film portion of "Rebirth of Reformation" plays on dual screens in the background (followed by other images of work for the talk portion).

Having met some of the visitors during my art display prior to the performance, I decided to drop the memorized performance and read from a revised version that included parts of the discussion with those visitors to build a better connection with the audience. After the reading/ performance some of the visitors let me know they caught the references.