Destiny Alvarado
September 12, 2016
ENG 101 Lamkin
Ted Talk 1
A love poem for lonely prime numbers https://www.ted.com/talks/harry_baker_a_love_poem_for_lonely_prime_numbers/transcript?language=en#t-416147 In this Ted Talk the presenter's name is Harry Baker and he has traveled the world due to his love of words. He has won the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012. He has a maths degree and is currently living in Germany. From being in two 5-star Edinburgh fringe festivals, to his book release in 2014, Harry finds ways to mix and match his words and in his Ted Talk you see just how well him and words work together.
This particular Ted Talk is one of my favorites. Personally, I love the way he speaks through his poems and how he makes them flow. …show more content…
The first poem is called “59”. The numbers in this sequence represent men and women and the love between a man and a woman. It is the classic theme of the man not getting the girl and then someone comes and blows him away. It is the same thing, just in a sense of numbers. Meaning 59 is in love with 60. Baker states that 59 thinks she is beautiful, while 60 thinks he is odd. There is also a much deeper meaning to the context of the numbers. “While she maintained the strict views imposed on her by her mother, that separate could not be equal.”(Baker) Meaning that this can be expressed as being two different races because like the numbers, they come from two different worlds. 60 wanted to be with another even number and 59 eventually found himself an odd woman of 61. In his presentation, Baker also states, that 61 was like 60, but a little more. Which in the literal sense but also in the way he saw his odd figured lover. She was more than what 60 was to him and 61 was his true love. She understood his oddness because just like him, she was too. “When it came to real love, they were a prime example.”(Baker) They are prime numbers and prime
September 12, 2016
ENG 101 Lamkin
Ted Talk 1
A love poem for lonely prime numbers https://www.ted.com/talks/harry_baker_a_love_poem_for_lonely_prime_numbers/transcript?language=en#t-416147 In this Ted Talk the presenter's name is Harry Baker and he has traveled the world due to his love of words. He has won the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012. He has a maths degree and is currently living in Germany. From being in two 5-star Edinburgh fringe festivals, to his book release in 2014, Harry finds ways to mix and match his words and in his Ted Talk you see just how well him and words work together.
This particular Ted Talk is one of my favorites. Personally, I love the way he speaks through his poems and how he makes them flow. …show more content…
The first poem is called “59”. The numbers in this sequence represent men and women and the love between a man and a woman. It is the classic theme of the man not getting the girl and then someone comes and blows him away. It is the same thing, just in a sense of numbers. Meaning 59 is in love with 60. Baker states that 59 thinks she is beautiful, while 60 thinks he is odd. There is also a much deeper meaning to the context of the numbers. “While she maintained the strict views imposed on her by her mother, that separate could not be equal.”(Baker) Meaning that this can be expressed as being two different races because like the numbers, they come from two different worlds. 60 wanted to be with another even number and 59 eventually found himself an odd woman of 61. In his presentation, Baker also states, that 61 was like 60, but a little more. Which in the literal sense but also in the way he saw his odd figured lover. She was more than what 60 was to him and 61 was his true love. She understood his oddness because just like him, she was too. “When it came to real love, they were a prime example.”(Baker) They are prime numbers and prime