We can all be 2+ things at once: A lovely reminder from Young-ha kim

In my opinion, this is, perhaps the most overlooked TED talk on writing out there.  Most people skip it because it is subtitled, but the teacher in me loves this for many reasons, particularly the message that you can be more than one thing at once: a taxi driver AND a writer, a businessman AND a writer, an scientist AND a writer.  I think many people forget this.  They think that this writing thing is all or nothing, and my STEM-school students often say they don't have time for creative writing.  That they are working towards being an engineer or a doctor or some other thing that will, undoubtedly, make more money. Young-ha Kim offers a beautiful reminder that we can be many things at once.  As he points out, the artist is there inside us, right from the start.  Give a kid a chance and he'll make art happily, without much prompting.  At some point, we become disconnected from that childhood self, but the artist is still in there, inside us, yearning to get out.