1. Hi. Thanks for being here. Sarah's excellent book You Are An Artist, which mixes creativity prompts and art history, comes out on April 14th: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601958/you-are-an-artist-by-sarah-urist-green/ 2. Sarah and I will be going on tour together to support the book. The tour will be announced March 9th at instagram.com/theartassignment/?hl=en 3. You can watch The Art Assignment's "Case for Video Games" and find 33ranjit's comment here: ua-cam.com/video/afjbOpnJni0/v-deo.html 4. Hank and I will be on tour next week in Columbus, Indianapolis, and Ann Arbor. Hope to see you there: hankandjohn.com/appearances -John
Why is it I'm so incredibly far away and why is it I don't happen to own a private jet to pay a spontanous visit to Columbus? I'm super super excited for Sarah's book though and I wish you so so much fun on tour😊
Hi John. As always, thank you for the wonderful video. Just to let you know, there's a typo in the description - it says 'in inspired' but it should say 'is inspired'
I felt that it the only way this video could be intellectually honest is if I began and ended with worry. BECAUSE BOY DO I FEEL IT AT THE MOMENT. -John
theunsolvedcase Me, too. When I was 9, I wanted to memorize the entire constitution (but, of course, never got that far) and the only thing I always could remember was: “Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar.(...)”
I'm really not a patriotic person, but the first few articles of our constitution are giving me a reason to like germany, despite it's faults. It's not just the first one, even though the first article is great. The second one gives us the right to express ourselves and to not be harmed. The third one is that everyone is equal. 4 is freedom of religion and 5 is freedom of speech 14 guarantees the right to own property but is saying at the same time, that property has to service all of society. 17 is the right to complain (very important for germans) And that's just a best of (^^)
Vlogbrothers might be the only channel that can go from a Manic Hank video about marker pens to deep existential considerations, and I am 100% here for it
"I hope I didn't go over 4 minutes, it's always a worry!" In my Subscriptions feed, the video has "4:01" listed as the length. In the video, it says "4:00" - opened up UA-cam's "Stats for Nerds", and it shows 5760 frames - *EXACTLY* four minutes to the frame. (24fps*60sec/min*4min=5760frames)
Thanks. We are really lucky to be fans of each other. But we have also grown together a lot over the last sixteen years, and we still learn from each other all the time. That's one of the joys of long-term relationships, I think, whether romantic or otherwise! -John
@@vlogbrothers defined my version of what a successfull long term relationship is about. By the way, this would make a great subject to a video. You and Hank trying to define what makes your relationship that successfull.
@@vlogbrothers I've had a few moments over the last couple years where my best friend of over a decade said one sentence that made me completely rethink my entire perspective of a situation and it's fascinating every time it happens.
Sometimes you just need John Green to look directly at you and state emphatically that your life is beautiful and wondrous and valuable. Today was one of those days. Thanks, John. Good timing
This is why the first Article of the german constitution reads: "Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority."
"Consciously experiencing human dignity." Man, these are four simple words that when strung together so accurately describe the thing I've been looking for my entire life, and for some reason feel so eloquent. Thanks commentor, I am going to use that phrase from now on! It's also the reason I love vlogbrothers.
Let me submit that “consciously experiencing human dignity” is not a phrase that one would read in a lot of UA-cam comment sections that aren’t Nerdfighteria/ Nerdfighteria adjacent places But what a 10/10 phrase it is
“Despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many thousands of species, we are the apocalypse”
Yes but there is no existential component to these other species experience of the world. They arent reflecting daily on the predicament of their existence. So it that regard its not so horrifying
This quote stuck with me too. I'm glad they have a merch line because I feel like every 30 seconds Hank or John says something that deserves to be on a t-shirt
okay, so what happened was that I was scrolling through comments while watching the video and I came across YOUR comment at the exact same moment john said it. I basically had john narrate your comment to me and it was really good
I think if you look outside the US, popular feeling places the apocalypse as more of a good basis for a movie. I've never once worried about the end of the world. There is more than enough interesting stuff on offer today. Also as to humanity being the apocalypse to other species; look back through time, we're not the first species to alter the conditions for life on the planet. We probably won't be the last. To Earth we're not much more than a fungal infection, much like any species. The next big space rock will scrub us off the planet like a dose of Terbinafine.
@@arklowrockz tbh imagining a human-centric apocalypse from the perspective of a microbe that doesn't care makes the apocalypse a little less threatening to me for the same reason
I was today years old when I learned that Art Assignment, a channel I have been watching for years, is presented by Sarah, who happens to be married to John. Wow.
John actually makes an appearance in several videos, especially in some of the old assignment videos. It's pretty fun to see the two discussing the meaning and purpose of art. 😊
Don't panic, you're a beautiful and wonderful person that has their whole life ahead of them and you have the potential to do whatever you want with it. Whatever is stressing you out is just a tiny bump in the grang scheme of things and you will definitely figure it out and be a better person for it once you come out the other side.
Hope you're feeling better Pauline, I get panic attacks too so I know how terrifying they can be. I may be a stranger, but sending a big over-the-Internet hug x
I go to a competitive high school where it is very easy to be drowned in the constantly rising tide of new assignments and work. As the college process approaches and my grade’s collective anxiety crescendos, I am *trying* to consciously experience human dignity by reading and writing more and - most importantly - trying to appreciate the often unintentionally beautiful things my classmates say and do. Thank you to John and thank you to vlogbrothers for that.
Oh my god, I can so relate to you. I've been doing this since my first year of high school, but back then I felt totally unprepared for the massive amount of work I had and was stressing over it all the time. I really felt like I was on the verge of losing my mind completely. It then resulted in health issues that I experience until today. What I've learned ever since is that it's just my FEELING and I CAN let go of some things if I'm not okay. I'm not great yet but it's much better than it was. I hope you'll be okay. You are not alone. Please, be gentle with yourself when you need it. DFTBA!
Holy crap. This is a wake up call. Literally the same circumstances - minus the whole trying to appreciate your classmates thing. I...need to do that too, especially with how stressed everyone is.
This reminds me of one of my favorite lines in the Episcopal baptism service: "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" It's a close tie between that and "Give [her] an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works."
I must say this is why Nerdighteria is so amazing! A group of people that can come together for at the very least 4 mins at a time and truly enjoy one another. We sit, listen, and reflect, even if it is not through commenting it is a natural response that happens within all of the Vlogbrothers video and for that John and Hank I thank you!
Dear John, I so so much apprechiate this (excactly 4 minutes long🎉) video and subject because human dignity is really worth talking about A LOT and I think we still don't do it enough so thanks for once again widening my horizon and making me think more deeply and in an incredible poetic and inspiring way about life and humanity around me :) Have a great day and lots of love (also to Sarah) - I aspire to grow up to fall in love with a human I can talk about in such a loving and caring way that you do too 🤗
@@vlogbrothers I was just 'swinging by' :)) and your answer makes me SO SO happy! That's so nice of you to say, thank you🤗 I hope you're having a wonderful week :)
I am so glad this channel introduced me to The art assignment because through watching the art assignment I have changed the way I look at art and what can be art.
i maintain that art assignment (and its comment section) has slowly but in a really surprising way changed my whole perspective on how to appreciate things i love. art (in its many forms, from visual art to pop music) is such a huge part of my own narrative and my own human experience/the way i interact with others. so it's actually not surprising at all, but either way, i'm so happy this internet space exists and it has, much like nerdfighteria and in addition to it, become such an import part of my life
"Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society." ―Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the US Nuclear Navy
God what a beautiful video, I needed this today more than you know. Thank you John, been a nerd fighter since 2007 (seriously, I was in high school watching a peanut butter face video), and you and Hank continue to inspire me
Today I had an English exam, where i was asked to write on what i would advise to help a friend going through depression. At the end of my essay i ended it with the kind words of Mr. John Green "Don't forget to be Awesome"🤘🏽 Thanks for always being awesome!
Got back to this video realizing it changed my life and my way of approaching any creative work, I’ve realized I’ve opened up to many music and movements I’d have never connected with; this “Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity” got stuck somewhere very deep in me and it just resurfaced in my awareness, thank you, your wife and the commenter!
My mother said that the purpose in life is to make a difference - no matter how small - that leaves the world even a little better than how it was before we came here. And as someone who loves anything related to art and is pursuing a career in it, I hope to use my art to express my feelings about the world and hopefully advocate for some sort of change in the issues I want to help solve.
I feel like a discussion of human dignity is always a little bit incomplete without a mention of Mr. Rogers. However, when you look for a quote from him about dignity, you quickly realize that he didn't talk much about "dignity". Instead, he showed us what it meant. *_"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has- or ever will have- something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression."_* - Fred Rogers
It's not even close! Other stuff is great, don't get me wrong. I love a good river, or a good mid-sized mammalian species. But we are--and I know we are narcissistic, but still--SO DANG INTERESTING. -John
Sarah’s been doing The Art Assignment for 6 years?!?! How long have I been watching this UA-cam channel? I remember the first video. Meeting in the middle... legally of course. Next week I suppose you’ll be telling me some other nonsense like “Henry is driving” to make me feel even older than I already do. John’s participation in this assignment was also my first Chris Waters sighting. It’s a rare gem.
I think that comment sums up almost exactly how I feel about vlogbrothers. Not just vlogbrothers either, but all of your writing, John. Ever since I was a child, I have engaged through the world with language. In that time, I have particularly enjoyed engaging with the world through the way you personally, as a gifted writer, contruct language. The way you write, from the equally lyrical and heartfelt words of the Anthropocene Reviewed, to describing yourself as a “paramecium of worry”, to describing anxious thoughts as a “thought spiral” - they give me a new perspective and new language to how I see the world in a way that yes, “does not shirk from problems or challenges, but never ridicules or degrades others” but also in a way that is profoundly hopeful. Your writing helps me to truly look at the world and its faults and believe, in spite of it all, that this game is still winnable. (Another one of your fabulous quotes). So, thank you John. I feel like I never comment early enough for you guys to actually see my comments (due to timezone differences) but in case you do, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for sharing your mastery of language to help me look, and see, and understand and hope.
@@vlogbrothers Hey, you saw it! Time zone differences, the power of awesome has defeated you!! ...On a more serious note, you're welcome John. I try to say encouraging things when I can, because I think people don't hear them often enough. I'm glad you found it helpful. DFTBA!
And thus is why I keep coming back to vlogbrothers! Y'all interact with your community and make discussion about the world with us not to us. I can't consider us a fanbase because community suites us perfectly! We share our experiences, from it is current news to favourite works of art to Vihart and I am proud to flaunt my nerdfighter status 🙅♀️
it's interesting. "I think, therefore I am" is really pointing out mind-identification. Us identifying with thoughts. That's so much of what we do, identifying with thoughts,, but even deeper than that is "I know that I am." The Universe made a tool with which to know itself.
Sometimes I procrastinate on watching my favourite youtubers because their videos are just too long...I love your videos because they’re short enough for me to watch them instantly, and insightful enough that they bless my whole day :)
I need these videos "to be distracted from the world and its worries, from navigating the complexities and...". These videos make me look at the world in a much better, optimistic and fulfilling way. John and Hank, thanks a lot!
The art assignment is my favorite UA-cam channel (My apologize Hank and John). I love art because of its connections to humanity. I love getting a glimpse of how other experience the world whether it be through videos, books, paintings, photography, etc. I just love the Anthropocene.... Great channel Sarah!
Often, I go on Twitter and see people just completely attack the ideas of each other (though there is some great discussion), and I wonder how we can ever overcome our differences in order to cooperate for the sake of good. Then I watch John's videos, and they remind me that the humanity and the common experiences that we share and the depth of kindness shared and experienced by so many is a greater bonding force that can ever be torn asunder. What an honor to be able to be conscious of the human dignity of others, to be alive to experience this connection.
i have only just begun watching your videos not too long ago, but they truly are so unique to other UA-cam videos. I just love how you talk about truly meaningful and insightful topics, which really help me expand my frame of thinking. Keep up the good work :)
You know, this video and a few others on your guys’ channel (along with some art assignment vids: shout out to Sarah, I am counting down the days to your book launch!) have inspired me to actually actively start writing again. I’m currently working on a project (possibly a comic first, and a novel later) about a group of teenagers who are given superpowers against their will, and subsequently fail to cope with their new lack of actual functioning humanity. More importantly: I’m basing the entire thing on inspiration I received from The Mountain Goats songs! If there’s any specific lines you’d care to point out to me to reference or brainstorm about, please do so. (Or if you’ve got any tips on writing casual dialogue, I would gladly accept that too!!!)
“Despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many thousands of Earth’s species, we ARE the apocalypse.” This hit me way too hard.
Thank you so much. As someone quite at home with the misery of self doubt I need to remember my own human dignity right now. And recognizing the human dignity inherent in others (and that I am also one of those humans) Is a big part of that. So thank you again.
the wholesome vibe has been consistently the same since i started watching @ 12 years old, i’m turning 22 in a month. thank u for being a big part in my development as a human
I watched that video and I love art assignment and videogames. I appreciated their views as well as yours. Videogames can have positive impact on people just as well as any other medium.
That comment also perfectly describes the reason why I watch vlogbrothers videos. I love the worldview that they promote - experiencing human dignity, imagining others complexly, etc. We need more of that in the world.
I don't really comment much at all in videos, but i do need to say i'm very thankful for your videos, for this whole channel actually. I'm currently going through a pretty rough mental health patch right now and this video was a nice reminder to see the dignity in myself, in my experiences and the one in others and their experiences. Thanks John
Thanks, Gih! I'm sorry you're going through a difficult patch. I hope and trust that there are better days ahead for you, and I hope you will agree to share that hope and trust with me. You are dignified. You are here with us. Humanity is lucky to have you here. -John
I spend a lot of time watching video essays about video games, which I suppose is why the algorithm recommended me that Art Assignment video. I am now finally watching TAA after having known about it since the beginning, and I regret not doing so sooner. It is fantastic. (Although I imagine I might not have been in a place to appreciate it when it first started. I would not have wanted to participate in the assignments six years ago, but now I kind of wish I had.)
There's still time! Through the book, and also through new assignment videos that will be coming out later this year! :) Glad you've found TAA. It's one of the coolest places on YT, I think. -John
Your constant awareness and seeking of these important moments, both small and large, sounds exhausting to me. I let life wash over me and I snag the occasional profundity that gets caught up in my particular set of interests, but most of the time they all sail by with nary a glance.
God I love reading The Anthropocene Reviewed and hearing some of the things that are in the book in videos. It’s like when your favorite song comes on the radio twice in one car ride or something, it feels very special and cool!!!
I am in college right now. My degree is… different in that we are focussed on User experience/interaction but my other major is English. I feel like this puts me in an interesting spot… because I have such a different perspective on what art is, and what could be considered art. Last Fall I took a class about Called Digital Literature and New Media. It was essentially 13 weeks of Video games as a narrative artistic tool. I took it because it fulfilled one of my “senior” English electives but it also intrigued me. Playing video games for research: I’m in. I thought the class was super interesting, and it allowed me to express opinions about things that normally in academia I don’t get to. In my papers I got super into the more technical sides of things while still trying to cover the nuance that comes with thinking critically about narrative. My friend who took the class with me constantly questioned why I was getting better marks then her “You are a science major> im actually an English major” ect. A large portion of the class was exactly if a video game was art? And I think a good majority of my class was like its not… I digress. 100% human dignity in ourselves and others. YES. and that is an absoultely wonderful comment.
John defining my life in the first few seconds. I love everything you guys do. You (John), Sarah and Hank and Kathrine (sometimes). The Art Assignment has helped me in my Art History degree and Crash Course in many more things. What do I miss in crash course series? Crash Course Literature. Please bring it back. Please.
I think this video has articulated to me why I continue to work in professional theatre, despite all the signs telling me that it is an illogical career choice. I love experiencing those moments of human dignity that my job brings me and that I get to participate in creating. Thank you for articulating this John; I especially appreciate hearing this as I am currently struggling to figure out if I stay in my career path. PS: is the likes:views ratio holding up?
I love your guys' love. I know that you and Sarah only share a sliver of your lives with us, and that sliver (by necessity) is not going to include a lot of your difficulties. But what you have shown feels honest. And what I take most from it is your support for each other. Thank you.
Thank you for this. It has been a struggle I've only recently begun to get my head wrapped around. I've lived my life as a musician and artist in a world which would like to judge me most by how much money I have and how much the things I own cost. I never wanted to live that way.
Videos like this remind me why John is one of my favorite authors. The way he can say something so profound (or I guess in this case recognize that someone else has said) about humanity and being human. Gonna go watch the Art Assignment video now.
Thank you for expressing my thoughts so eloquently, and reminding me why I really do love humanity on days where I feel pretty hopeless about the world. Also thanks to Sarah for the reminders that art is for all of us and not just some fancy schmancy stuff I can never understand *Adds to favourite vlogbrothers vids playlist*
This describes the Nerdfighteria community as a whole. I am proud to be a part of it. A collection of people and hearts and ideas that doesn't just sit together but moves with a forward motion towards increasing awesome and "consciously experiencing human dignity".
Cambrian Explosion is super-interesting, but it never created a virtual space through which two strangers could discuss the Cambrian Explosion. :) -John
"I mean, despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many of thousands of earth's species, we are the apocalypse."
John's unashamed fanboyism of Sarah is one of my favourite things. It's so damn wholesome to see somebody so passionately enjoy their partner's work and be so willing to just bask in its excellence.
John, I have spent the last eight hours worrying about whether I should tomorrow decide to go to a potentially better job with slightly less cumulative pay in atlanta georgia, i place i am hesitantly optimistic about and also strangely fear, or stay another few months in a job i am starting to grow beyond in manchester, england, where i have discovered there is so much beyond america in so many different layers. you have given me slight comfort and distraction, and hopefully that is enough. thank you.
@@vlogbrothers It is far too dangerous to try and pick a team in Manchester as an outsider. My heart belongs to AFC Wimbledon alone. (Also, I have decided to move to atlanta!!! anxious but excited, definitely feeling 1000% better than I did when writing that comment)
Hi John, I heard you interviewed on the Without Fail podcast the other day. Unlike my youtube habit, my podcast habit is a few weeks behind. Good interview. It was kind of funny listening to two guys talk who both seem like they get half way through a thought and then can't find the exact words to express their thoughts adequately enough.
This is the best sort of nepotism. Or at least the most appetizing one. It strikes me just now that humankind itself is practically the embodiment of nepotism: we are the single most effective self-fortifying monoculture the world has ever witnessed. If you feel a mix of comfort and existential dread by now, we two have successfully communicated and now share feelings: yay! :)
It's possible I teared up at "It's easy to forget how wondrous you are; how strange and lovely." I'm going to save that one somewhere safe to refer to in future.
So here I am growing up in this awkward stage where I am supposed to get independent from my parents and do things myself. Make rational decisions myself.... cook myself, and ofcourse when I'm faced with a problem I have come to learn this vulnerability inside me is coming out and its come to a point where my individuality from my parents is also beginning to come out because it's no longer that they know the answers to my questions and.they dont have solutions to everything. That's what I call becoming independent you know jhon it's scary I'm out here finding the ideal manual for human life and how it works so I know what to do and what life expects of me. What am i here for this is the hardest question for me! Am I here to make friends and connections, here to save the planet from global warming or terrorism WHY AM I HERE. This transition into an adult is super hard if only someone just gave me a manual of life.
You are here to experience the joy/sorrow/wonder/mystery/horror/awfulness/awesomeness of the little blue mote of dust we call Earth and to learn, grow and share those experiences with the ones you care about most. DFTBA! / CEHD!
This kind of video calms that place in my mind that stresses about not living up to the standards set according to the values held by structures whose value to me is only determined in my own mind.
I think it's so important to have sense of "wonder" in our lives -- to remain curious, observant and interested in the world and people around us. My dad made a documentary years ago about an amazing illusionist/magician/inventor named Jerry Andrus who saw so much beauty in the world and his fellow human beings, and tried to inspire that sense of "wonder" in others. Learning about him left such an impression on me. We should all be like Jerry.
I find it really hard to consciously experience human dignity. I feel like in this world where we're always connected to each other, and especially when you have a mental illness, it's so hard to look beyond the internet and your own thought spirals to think 'I am human. I am here. I have a front seat to a show that has never been seen before and will never come round again.' Art, and your art especially, helps me remember that. Thank you.
The first of the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism is "The inherent worth and dignity of every person". I feel lucky to have grown up in an environment that recognizes human dignity.
Your opening comment made me realize how difficult things must be right now for you and others whose OCD fixates on bacteria and viruses. I hope you get through this time without getting consumed by spirals and that you and your family remain safe and healthy.
Thanks. Because I read about this stuff way way way way way way more than I should and way way way way way more than anyone should unless they work in public health research, I am actually much less worried about covid-19 than a lot of people. But when you have an irrational worry disorder, you don't need rational worries to make yourself miserable. Thanks again for the kind words; I'm fighting through it! -John
You guys are always good for my Vocabulary! Paramecium: a single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipper-like shape and is covered with cilia.
1. Hi. Thanks for being here. Sarah's excellent book You Are An Artist, which mixes creativity prompts and art history, comes out on April 14th: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601958/you-are-an-artist-by-sarah-urist-green/
2. Sarah and I will be going on tour together to support the book. The tour will be announced March 9th at instagram.com/theartassignment/?hl=en
3. You can watch The Art Assignment's "Case for Video Games" and find 33ranjit's comment here: ua-cam.com/video/afjbOpnJni0/v-deo.html
4. Hank and I will be on tour next week in Columbus, Indianapolis, and Ann Arbor. Hope to see you there: hankandjohn.com/appearances
-John
I might be going to the Minotour Columbus!
Thank you for being here too. :)
Why is it I'm so incredibly far away and why is it I don't happen to own a private jet to pay a spontanous visit to Columbus?
I'm super super excited for Sarah's book though and I wish you so so much fun on tour😊
Thank you for this lovely video!
Hi John. As always, thank you for the wonderful video. Just to let you know, there's a typo in the description - it says 'in inspired' but it should say 'is inspired'
“John Green talks about how much he loves his wife for 4 minutes straight”
And human dignity! (But I am a huge, huge fan of Sarah and her work.) -John
Change that to 40 minutes and that’s basically what the last DHAJ episode was 😂
Content I am always up for
The last DHAJ episode: which was also excellent!
Always a valid use of your time.
Start: I am a vast paramecium of worry
End: Hope I didn't go over 4 minutes. It's always a worry
The middle was nice, too
And it's exactly four minutes long. Nice one, John 😂
CIrcular storytelling, I think it's called "Bookends" on TVTropes (DON'T look it up, you'll be stuck in that site forever).
I felt that it the only way this video could be intellectually honest is if I began and ended with worry. BECAUSE BOY DO I FEEL IT AT THE MOMENT. -John
What does "paramecium" mean, is he really talking about the bacterium?
@@FBDSG I believe he is using it as a metaphor
The first article of the German constitution is: "Human dignity is untouchable." I like that.
theunsolvedcase Me, too. When I was 9, I wanted to memorize the entire constitution (but, of course, never got that far) and the only thing I always could remember was: “Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar.(...)”
Good first article. -John
@@someone3821 that is the most important part. as long as you remember and understand Art 1 GG , everything is fine.
Considering what their government is capable of, it's good they have that reminding in the beginning.
I'm really not a patriotic person, but the first few articles of our constitution are giving me a reason to like germany, despite it's faults. It's not just the first one, even though the first article is great.
The second one gives us the right to express ourselves and to not be harmed.
The third one is that everyone is equal.
4 is freedom of religion and 5 is freedom of speech
14 guarantees the right to own property but is saying at the same time, that property has to service all of society.
17 is the right to complain (very important for germans)
And that's just a best of (^^)
Vlogbrothers might be the only channel that can go from a Manic Hank video about marker pens to deep existential considerations, and I am 100% here for it
hahahahaha I feel on the inside the way Hank acted on the outside in that video; I just don't know how to express myself like he can! :) -John
The duality of this channel. Chef's kiss💜
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Meeee toooooo! 😂
"I hope I didn't go over 4 minutes, it's always a worry!"
In my Subscriptions feed, the video has "4:01" listed as the length. In the video, it says "4:00" - opened up UA-cam's "Stats for Nerds", and it shows 5760 frames - *EXACTLY* four minutes to the frame. (24fps*60sec/min*4min=5760frames)
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I came looking for this comment :3
The community thanks you.
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I was wondering about that, but didn't think of the stats for nerds (which as far as I can tell is not available on mobile).
I want a relationship like John and Sarah’s one day, the way they support and admire each other is amazing to see
#relationshipGoals
Plus the whole two person book club thing seems amazing
Thanks. We are really lucky to be fans of each other. But we have also grown together a lot over the last sixteen years, and we still learn from each other all the time. That's one of the joys of long-term relationships, I think, whether romantic or otherwise! -John
@@vlogbrothers defined my version of what a successfull long term relationship is about. By the way, this would make a great subject to a video. You and Hank trying to define what makes your relationship that successfull.
@@vlogbrothers I've had a few moments over the last couple years where my best friend of over a decade said one sentence that made me completely rethink my entire perspective of a situation and it's fascinating every time it happens.
The meta of someone else articulating a thought for you, John. When all you do is articulate thoughts for me. I love this.
This video helped me put a finger on why I keep coming back to Vlogbrothers videos.
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Thanks, Joseph, that's very kind of you to say! -John
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Sometimes you just need John Green to look directly at you and state emphatically that your life is beautiful and wondrous and valuable.
Today was one of those days. Thanks, John. Good timing
This is why the first Article of the german constitution reads: "Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority."
Severin Sassenrath !!! it’s hard to make a government statement as beautiful as the grundgesetz
That's beautiful.
which is why Germany's prisons are a world apart from American ones.
Slightly ironic coming from Germany, but I suppose that sometimes the best way to find the right way is to explore all the wrong ways first.
@@4077Disc They're still mostly doing it the wrong way. But at least they have a pretty statement.
I'm enjoying the "recently washed but not entirely dry" look that John's hair is sporting today
That was about the size of it. I got a haircut just after filming and now everything is back under control! :) -John
May I ask what your username is referencing? I'm intrigued.
@@vlogbrothers was said haircut scheduled beforehand?
@@munjee2 Always! :) -John
"Consciously experiencing human dignity." Man, these are four simple words that when strung together so accurately describe the thing I've been looking for my entire life, and for some reason feel so eloquent. Thanks commentor, I am going to use that phrase from now on! It's also the reason I love vlogbrothers.
That's very kind. All credit to 33ranjit. I've read some great youtube comments, but that one kinda changed my life! -John
CEHD!
Let me submit that “consciously experiencing human dignity” is not a phrase that one would read in a lot of UA-cam comment sections that aren’t Nerdfighteria/ Nerdfighteria adjacent places
But what a 10/10 phrase it is
The problem with being so early to this video is not getting to see the pinned comment from 33ronjet going “oh my god”
All the more reason to come back and watch again!
“Despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many thousands of species, we are the apocalypse”
Yes but there is no existential component to these other species experience of the world. They arent reflecting daily on the predicament of their existence. So it that regard its not so horrifying
This quote stuck with me too. I'm glad they have a merch line because I feel like every 30 seconds Hank or John says something that deserves to be on a t-shirt
okay, so what happened was that I was scrolling through comments while watching the video and I came across YOUR comment at the exact same moment john said it. I basically had john narrate your comment to me and it was really good
I think if you look outside the US, popular feeling places the apocalypse as more of a good basis for a movie.
I've never once worried about the end of the world. There is more than enough interesting stuff on offer today.
Also as to humanity being the apocalypse to other species; look back through time, we're not the first species to alter the conditions for life on the planet. We probably won't be the last. To Earth we're not much more than a fungal infection, much like any species. The next big space rock will scrub us off the planet like a dose of Terbinafine.
@@arklowrockz tbh imagining a human-centric apocalypse from the perspective of a microbe that doesn't care makes the apocalypse a little less threatening to me for the same reason
"It's easy to forget how wondrous you are, how strange and lovely" made me feel things
made me cry
I was today years old when I learned that Art Assignment, a channel I have been watching for years, is presented by Sarah, who happens to be married to John. Wow.
hahaha I am glad that we don't over cross-promote! :) -John
John actually makes an appearance in several videos, especially in some of the old assignment videos. It's pretty fun to see the two discussing the meaning and purpose of art. 😊
The worry metaphor in the beginning is a mood.
But thank you, I really needed this. The timing was perfect.
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Glad this arrived when you needed it, Nicci, and thanks for being here. -John
Mountain Goats discography:
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Excersizes in Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity (2030)
I mean, it is a GREAT album title. -John
I was having a panic attack and you distracted me long enough for it to stop. Thanks, John.
Don't panic, you're a beautiful and wonderful person that has their whole life ahead of them and you have the potential to do whatever you want with it. Whatever is stressing you out is just a tiny bump in the grang scheme of things and you will definitely figure it out and be a better person for it once you come out the other side.
You got this Pauline💙
You’re all being so nice, thank you 🥺❤️ I feel better now, don’t worry.
Hope you're feeling better Pauline, I get panic attacks too so I know how terrifying they can be. I may be a stranger, but sending a big over-the-Internet hug x
I go to a competitive high school where it is very easy to be drowned in the constantly rising tide of new assignments and work. As the college process approaches and my grade’s collective anxiety crescendos, I am *trying* to consciously experience human dignity by reading and writing more and - most importantly - trying to appreciate the often unintentionally beautiful things my classmates say and do. Thank you to John and thank you to vlogbrothers for that.
JJ Yu try meditating if you’re looking to release some anxiety. More stimulus by learning is unlikely to help too much...?
Oh my god, I can so relate to you. I've been doing this since my first year of high school, but back then I felt totally unprepared for the massive amount of work I had and was stressing over it all the time. I really felt like I was on the verge of losing my mind completely. It then resulted in health issues that I experience until today. What I've learned ever since is that it's just my FEELING and I CAN let go of some things if I'm not okay. I'm not great yet but it's much better than it was. I hope you'll be okay. You are not alone. Please, be gentle with yourself when you need it. DFTBA!
I’m in college now and can confidently say that you can do this. Keep imagining yourself complexly and don’t forget to be awesome!
JJ Yu . Please DFTBA in a relaxed way. Be kind to yourself
Holy crap. This is a wake up call. Literally the same circumstances - minus the whole trying to appreciate your classmates thing. I...need to do that too, especially with how stressed everyone is.
“to many thousands of Earths species, we are the apocalypse” I am going to only think about that for the next few hours.
I needed this today. I’m sure a lot of other people needed this too. If you are one of those people, know that you are loved.
"We Are The Apocalypse" is a t-shirt needed on DFTBA.com now...
This reminds me of one of my favorite lines in the Episcopal baptism service: "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" It's a close tie between that and "Give [her] an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works."
I do love the way we do the sacraments in the Episcopal Church! :) -John
I must say this is why Nerdighteria is so amazing! A group of people that can come together for at the very least 4 mins at a time and truly enjoy one another. We sit, listen, and reflect, even if it is not through commenting it is a natural response that happens within all of the Vlogbrothers video and for that John and Hank I thank you!
When you said "Hank, I'll see you on Friday" and hadn't shouted out Sarah's book yet I was rather concerned... but then there it was
You can always count on me for the promo NTATWD. -John
Dear John,
I so so much apprechiate this (excactly 4 minutes long🎉) video and subject because human dignity is really worth talking about A LOT and I think we still don't do it enough so thanks for once again widening my horizon and making me think more deeply and in an incredible poetic and inspiring way about life and humanity around me :)
Have a great day and lots of love (also to Sarah) - I aspire to grow up to fall in love with a human I can talk about in such a loving and caring way that you do too 🤗
Ahhh thanks! Your username always makes me SO SO HAPPY. -John
@@vlogbrothers
I was just 'swinging by' :)) and your answer makes me SO SO happy!
That's so nice of you to say, thank you🤗
I hope you're having a wonderful week :)
I am so glad this channel introduced me to The art assignment because through watching the art assignment I have changed the way I look at art and what can be art.
i maintain that art assignment (and its comment section) has slowly but in a really surprising way changed my whole perspective on how to appreciate things i love. art (in its many forms, from visual art to pop music) is such a huge part of my own narrative and my own human experience/the way i interact with others. so it's actually not surprising at all, but either way, i'm so happy this internet space exists and it has, much like nerdfighteria and in addition to it, become such an import part of my life
"Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society."
―Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the US Nuclear Navy
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God what a beautiful video, I needed this today more than you know. Thank you John, been a nerd fighter since 2007 (seriously, I was in high school watching a peanut butter face video), and you and Hank continue to inspire me
Today I had an English exam, where i was asked to write on what i would advise to help a friend going through depression. At the end of my essay i ended it with the kind words of Mr. John Green "Don't forget to be Awesome"🤘🏽 Thanks for always being awesome!
Got back to this video realizing it changed my life and my way of approaching any creative work, I’ve realized I’ve opened up to many music and movements I’d have never connected with; this “Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity” got stuck somewhere very deep in me and it just resurfaced in my awareness, thank you, your wife and the commenter!
My mother said that the purpose in life is to make a difference - no matter how small - that leaves the world even a little better than how it was before we came here. And as someone who loves anything related to art and is pursuing a career in it, I hope to use my art to express my feelings about the world and hopefully advocate for some sort of change in the issues I want to help solve.
exactly to leave the world to how its supposed to be, with human morals
I feel like a discussion of human dignity is always a little bit incomplete without a mention of Mr. Rogers.
However, when you look for a quote from him about dignity, you quickly realize that he didn't talk much about "dignity". Instead, he showed us what it meant.
*_"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has- or ever will have- something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression."_* - Fred Rogers
“Humans are the most interesting that’s happened on Earth.” This. Yes.
It's not even close! Other stuff is great, don't get me wrong. I love a good river, or a good mid-sized mammalian species. But we are--and I know we are narcissistic, but still--SO DANG INTERESTING. -John
Biased? 😂 but yeah it’s interesting indeed
Nope. Lichen is the most amazing thing on this planet. It's so wonderful.
It's why if I move into a house or flat with a view, I want it to be a city view rather than a view of nature.
Sarah’s been doing The Art Assignment for 6 years?!?! How long have I been watching this UA-cam channel? I remember the first video. Meeting in the middle... legally of course. Next week I suppose you’ll be telling me some other nonsense like “Henry is driving” to make me feel even older than I already do.
John’s participation in this assignment was also my first Chris Waters sighting. It’s a rare gem.
I think that comment sums up almost exactly how I feel about vlogbrothers. Not just vlogbrothers either, but all of your writing, John. Ever since I was a child, I have engaged through the world with language. In that time, I have particularly enjoyed engaging with the world through the way you personally, as a gifted writer, contruct language. The way you write, from the equally lyrical and heartfelt words of the Anthropocene Reviewed, to describing yourself as a “paramecium of worry”, to describing anxious thoughts as a “thought spiral” - they give me a new perspective and new language to how I see the world in a way that yes, “does not shirk from problems or challenges, but never ridicules or degrades others” but also in a way that is profoundly hopeful. Your writing helps me to truly look at the world and its faults and believe, in spite of it all, that this game is still winnable. (Another one of your fabulous quotes). So, thank you John. I feel like I never comment early enough for you guys to actually see my comments (due to timezone differences) but in case you do, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for sharing your mastery of language to help me look, and see, and understand and hope.
This really meant a lot to me. Thanks for sharing these thoughts with such generosity and clarity. Made my day. -John
@@vlogbrothers Hey, you saw it! Time zone differences, the power of awesome has defeated you!! ...On a more serious note, you're welcome John. I try to say encouraging things when I can, because I think people don't hear them often enough. I'm glad you found it helpful. DFTBA!
And thus is why I keep coming back to vlogbrothers! Y'all interact with your community and make discussion about the world with us not to us. I can't consider us a fanbase because community suites us perfectly! We share our experiences, from it is current news to favourite works of art to Vihart and I am proud to flaunt my nerdfighter status 🙅♀️
"you're the only known thing in the universe that knows it's in a universe" reminds me of "I think therefore I am"
it's interesting. "I think, therefore I am" is really pointing out mind-identification. Us identifying with thoughts. That's so much of what we do, identifying with thoughts,, but even deeper than that is "I know that I am." The Universe made a tool with which to know itself.
Dignity is being kind. Starts with practicing to be kind to ourselves, which is not as easy as it sounds.
Sometimes I procrastinate on watching my favourite youtubers because their videos are just too long...I love your videos because they’re short enough for me to watch them instantly, and insightful enough that they bless my whole day :)
I need these videos "to be distracted from the world and its worries, from navigating the complexities and...". These videos make me look at the world in a much better, optimistic and fulfilling way. John and Hank, thanks a lot!
"it's easy to forget how wonderous you are. How strange and lovely." Dang John I needed to hear that today thank you.
The art assignment is my favorite UA-cam channel (My apologize Hank and John). I love art because of its connections to humanity. I love getting a glimpse of how other experience the world whether it be through videos, books, paintings, photography, etc. I just love the Anthropocene.... Great channel Sarah!
Often, I go on Twitter and see people just completely attack the ideas of each other (though there is some great discussion), and I wonder how we can ever overcome our differences in order to cooperate for the sake of good. Then I watch John's videos, and they remind me that the humanity and the common experiences that we share and the depth of kindness shared and experienced by so many is a greater bonding force that can ever be torn asunder. What an honor to be able to be conscious of the human dignity of others, to be alive to experience this connection.
i have only just begun watching your videos not too long ago, but they truly are so unique to other UA-cam videos. I just love how you talk about truly meaningful and insightful topics, which really help me expand my frame of thinking. Keep up the good work :)
You know, this video and a few others on your guys’ channel (along with some art assignment vids: shout out to Sarah, I am counting down the days to your book launch!) have inspired me to actually actively start writing again.
I’m currently working on a project (possibly a comic first, and a novel later) about a group of teenagers who are given superpowers against their will, and subsequently fail to cope with their new lack of actual functioning humanity. More importantly: I’m basing the entire thing on inspiration I received from The Mountain Goats songs! If there’s any specific lines you’d care to point out to me to reference or brainstorm about, please do so.
(Or if you’ve got any tips on writing casual dialogue, I would gladly accept that too!!!)
“Despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many thousands of Earth’s species, we ARE the apocalypse.”
This hit me way too hard.
Thank you so much. As someone quite at home with the misery of self doubt I need to remember my own human dignity right now. And recognizing the human dignity inherent in others (and that I am also one of those humans) Is a big part of that. So thank you again.
the wholesome vibe has been consistently the same since i started watching @ 12 years old, i’m turning 22 in a month. thank u for being a big part in my development as a human
In which John speaks beautiful words, inspired by other beautiful words.
To be fair this seems to apply to a lot of Johns content but I'm here for it.
@@katrijndekeersmaecker1904 Absolutely, it's the best.
I watched that video and I love art assignment and videogames. I appreciated their views as well as yours. Videogames can have positive impact on people just as well as any other medium.
That comment also perfectly describes the reason why I watch vlogbrothers videos. I love the worldview that they promote - experiencing human dignity, imagining others complexly, etc. We need more of that in the world.
I don't really comment much at all in videos, but i do need to say i'm very thankful for your videos, for this whole channel actually. I'm currently going through a pretty rough mental health patch right now and this video was a nice reminder to see the dignity in myself, in my experiences and the one in others and their experiences.
Thanks John
Thanks, Gih! I'm sorry you're going through a difficult patch. I hope and trust that there are better days ahead for you, and I hope you will agree to share that hope and trust with me. You are dignified. You are here with us. Humanity is lucky to have you here. -John
I spend a lot of time watching video essays about video games, which I suppose is why the algorithm recommended me that Art Assignment video. I am now finally watching TAA after having known about it since the beginning, and I regret not doing so sooner. It is fantastic. (Although I imagine I might not have been in a place to appreciate it when it first started. I would not have wanted to participate in the assignments six years ago, but now I kind of wish I had.)
There's still time! Through the book, and also through new assignment videos that will be coming out later this year! :) Glad you've found TAA. It's one of the coolest places on YT, I think. -John
I have waited for a vlogbrothers video since Friday and I absolutely love this.. Thank you for sharing this with us John.
Your constant awareness and seeking of these important moments, both small and large, sounds exhausting to me. I let life wash over me and I snag the occasional profundity that gets caught up in my particular set of interests, but most of the time they all sail by with nary a glance.
Watching this channel is like coming home. Thanks for helping me to think and to smile.
This is the most brilliant video I've ever seen. That was so needed and accurate and universal and omg, I love it. How are these guys so brilliant?!?!
God I love reading The Anthropocene Reviewed and hearing some of the things that are in the book in videos. It’s like when your favorite song comes on the radio twice in one car ride or something, it feels very special and cool!!!
This got my existential heart feeling much more full on a very draining day. Thanks ♥️
I am in college right now. My degree is… different in that we are focussed on User experience/interaction but my other major is English. I feel like this puts me in an interesting spot… because I have such a different perspective on what art is, and what could be considered art.
Last Fall I took a class about Called Digital Literature and New Media. It was essentially 13 weeks of Video games as a narrative artistic tool. I took it because it fulfilled one of my “senior” English electives but it also intrigued me. Playing video games for research: I’m in.
I thought the class was super interesting, and it allowed me to express opinions about things that normally in academia I don’t get to. In my papers I got super into the more technical sides of things while still trying to cover the nuance that comes with thinking critically about narrative. My friend who took the class with me constantly questioned why I was getting better marks then her “You are a science major> im actually an English major” ect. A large portion of the class was exactly if a video game was art? And I think a good majority of my class was like its not…
I digress. 100% human dignity in ourselves and others. YES. and that is an absoultely wonderful comment.
John defining my life in the first few seconds. I love everything you guys do. You (John), Sarah and Hank and Kathrine (sometimes). The Art Assignment has helped me in my Art History degree and Crash Course in many more things. What do I miss in crash course series? Crash Course Literature. Please bring it back. Please.
I think this video has articulated to me why I continue to work in professional theatre, despite all the signs telling me that it is an illogical career choice. I love experiencing those moments of human dignity that my job brings me and that I get to participate in creating. Thank you for articulating this John; I especially appreciate hearing this as I am currently struggling to figure out if I stay in my career path.
PS: is the likes:views ratio holding up?
I feel like standing on my desk and saying "Oh Captain, My Captain!" Like in Dead Poets Society.
Thank you John and Sarah, thank you.
I love your guys' love. I know that you and Sarah only share a sliver of your lives with us, and that sliver (by necessity) is not going to include a lot of your difficulties. But what you have shown feels honest. And what I take most from it is your support for each other. Thank you.
I love how active you are in the comment section, makes me feel a little closer to this community.
Thanks, Nick! :) -John
I love how you keep mentioning the term *consciously experiencing human dignity* I shall use it now atleast 30 times a day because I like it so much!
Thank you for this. It has been a struggle I've only recently begun to get my head wrapped around. I've lived my life as a musician and artist in a world which would like to judge me most by how much money I have and how much the things I own cost. I never wanted to live that way.
Videos like this remind me why John is one of my favorite authors. The way he can say something so profound (or I guess in this case recognize that someone else has said) about humanity and being human. Gonna go watch the Art Assignment video now.
This video might be the best possible answer to the question “Why do you still watch Vlogbrothers?”
who in his right mind would ask that?! (sorry, is it "their" mind now? not a native speaker)
Thank you for expressing my thoughts so eloquently, and reminding me why I really do love humanity on days where I feel pretty hopeless about the world.
Also thanks to Sarah for the reminders that art is for all of us and not just some fancy schmancy stuff I can never understand
*Adds to favourite vlogbrothers vids playlist*
This describes the Nerdfighteria community as a whole. I am proud to be a part of it. A collection of people and hearts and ideas that doesn't just sit together but moves with a forward motion towards increasing awesome and "consciously experiencing human dignity".
John: humans are the most interesting thing to happen on Earth.
The Cambrian Explosion: Am I a joke to you?
Cambrian Explosion is super-interesting, but it never created a virtual space through which two strangers could discuss the Cambrian Explosion. :) -John
@@vlogbrothers True :D
Geez, that last part about being wonderful really got me today. Thanks 💜
I hope these particular worries ease soon John, especially as I watch your videos to help ease my worries.
In which John keeps on being a much better hype man for his loved ones' work than for his own, and that's adorable.
as always, you leave me inspired, validated, and gently admonished to do better.
I think this is by far one of my favourite vlogbrother videos. It got me unexpectedly emotional. Oh how I love this community ❤️
Thanks, Tia! :) -John
@@vlogbrothers oh no, thank you 😊🙈
"I mean, despite being a species obsessed with the apocalypse, we seem blissfully unbothered by the fact that to many of thousands of earth's species, we are the apocalypse."
John's unashamed fanboyism of Sarah is one of my favourite things. It's so damn wholesome to see somebody so passionately enjoy their partner's work and be so willing to just bask in its excellence.
John, I have spent the last eight hours worrying about whether I should tomorrow decide to go to a potentially better job with slightly less cumulative pay in atlanta georgia, i place i am hesitantly optimistic about and also strangely fear, or stay another few months in a job i am starting to grow beyond in manchester, england, where i have discovered there is so much beyond america in so many different layers. you have given me slight comfort and distraction, and hopefully that is enough. thank you.
Whatever happens, just don't become a Manchester United fan. ;) -John
@@vlogbrothers It is far too dangerous to try and pick a team in Manchester as an outsider. My heart belongs to AFC Wimbledon alone. (Also, I have decided to move to atlanta!!! anxious but excited, definitely feeling 1000% better than I did when writing that comment)
Hi John,
I heard you interviewed on the Without Fail podcast the other day. Unlike my youtube habit, my podcast habit is a few weeks behind. Good interview. It was kind of funny listening to two guys talk who both seem like they get half way through a thought and then can't find the exact words to express their thoughts adequately enough.
This is the best sort of nepotism. Or at least the most appetizing one.
It strikes me just now that humankind itself is practically the embodiment of nepotism: we are the single most effective self-fortifying monoculture the world has ever witnessed.
If you feel a mix of comfort and existential dread by now, we two have successfully communicated and now share feelings: yay! :)
I felt this and I love the phrase ‘consciously experiencing human dignity’ ✨
It's possible I teared up at "It's easy to forget how wondrous you are; how strange and lovely." I'm going to save that one somewhere safe to refer to in future.
John you never fail to warm my heart with content that I feel 100% applies to me
So here I am growing up in this awkward stage where I am supposed to get independent from my parents and do things myself. Make rational decisions myself.... cook myself, and ofcourse when I'm faced with a problem I have come to learn this vulnerability inside me is coming out and its come to a point where my individuality from my parents is also beginning to come out because it's no longer that they know the answers to my questions and.they dont have solutions to everything. That's what I call becoming independent you know jhon it's scary I'm out here finding the ideal manual for human life and how it works so I know what to do and what life expects of me. What am i here for this is the hardest question for me! Am I here to make friends and connections, here to save the planet from global warming or terrorism WHY AM I HERE. This transition into an adult is super hard if only someone just gave me a manual of life.
You are here to experience the joy/sorrow/wonder/mystery/horror/awfulness/awesomeness of the little blue mote of dust we call Earth and to learn, grow and share those experiences with the ones you care about most. DFTBA! / CEHD!
This kind of video calms that place in my mind that stresses about not living up to the standards set according to the values held by structures whose value to me is only determined in my own mind.
I think it's so important to have sense of "wonder" in our lives -- to remain curious, observant and interested in the world and people around us. My dad made a documentary years ago about an amazing illusionist/magician/inventor named Jerry Andrus who saw so much beauty in the world and his fellow human beings, and tried to inspire that sense of "wonder" in others. Learning about him left such an impression on me. We should all be like Jerry.
I find it really hard to consciously experience human dignity. I feel like in this world where we're always connected to each other, and especially when you have a mental illness, it's so hard to look beyond the internet and your own thought spirals to think 'I am human. I am here. I have a front seat to a show that has never been seen before and will never come round again.'
Art, and your art especially, helps me remember that. Thank you.
That's really, really kind. Thank you thank you thank you. -John
@@vlogbrothers No, thank you for noticing my comment and making my day ❤️
The first of the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism is "The inherent worth and dignity of every person". I feel lucky to have grown up in an environment that recognizes human dignity.
My chaplaincy supervisor was a UU. She quoted that to me a lot. She was such an important person in my life. -John
You're a good man, JG, and your pronunciation of else is comfy to my Idaho ears ☺️
Your opening comment made me realize how difficult things must be right now for you and others whose OCD fixates on bacteria and viruses. I hope you get through this time without getting consumed by spirals and that you and your family remain safe and healthy.
Thanks. Because I read about this stuff way way way way way way more than I should and way way way way way more than anyone should unless they work in public health research, I am actually much less worried about covid-19 than a lot of people. But when you have an irrational worry disorder, you don't need rational worries to make yourself miserable. Thanks again for the kind words; I'm fighting through it! -John
From "paramecium of worry" to human dignity and value. John, you give my worry dignity. Thank you.
I love listening to John sing Sarah's praises. Couples should do this more! I wish all children heard their parents supporting each other.
You guys are always good for my Vocabulary!
Paramecium: a single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipper-like shape and is covered with cilia.