It’s sunday, and perhaps you have 21 minutes to spare to experience one of the best talks I’ve heard? Well then – I give you the mother of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling.
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.
Epic.
And why is this speech so good? From beginning to end J.K. takes you on an emotional roller coaster. She begins very formally but suddenly goes into a sharp turn into the intimacy of humor and informality pulling scores of laughter. She then moves through extremely horrible topics of torture and death and emerges in happiness and hope, while again making people smile and laugh. She uses a dramatic build up and structure that is just sheer brilliance. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised – she is after all the author of Harry Potter.
I love this!
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