[Music] There was a time, simple it was, no matter that eluded us, feelings of strain hidden beneath it all. There, there was a time, honest was he, leading all to prosperity, feelings of G fed all deceit. As we listen to the silent tears, we feel them. As we listen to the silence break, we fall. As we listen to the silent tears, we feel and release it. Oh, no way to know of what will come when one abuses all but some power is gained at the expense of you. Always can find more in the truth. Now we learn to protect the few who ask for love and nothing more. As we listen to the silent tears, we feel them. As we listen to the silence break, we fall. As we listen to the silent tears, we [Music] feel and release it. Oh [Music] the [Music] sky, a [Music] SK, the SK so open and bl. You find someone that's meant for you, moments of grow and mobility out of focused fragility. The sky so and blue, you find

someone that's me for you moments of growth and Mobility hours of focused fragility pain what you can pain what you can p what you can what [Music] you I as we listen as we [Music] listen as we listen and release it oh [Music] thank you it's truly an honor to be here thank you so much for having us thanks for the warm reception that song uh was a title track off of our most recent album our fourth album called blank canvas and the meaning behind that piece is really embedded in this idea that we don't have to get stuck in the muck of the way that we've done things in the past um whether that be as an individual or as I'm hearing so often today as a collective Community um we can imagine what's possible for the future and start from right now at any given time start a new um this next piece is called one world and it's sort of a it's a testament to what we all have in common um it's a tribute to what we

all have in common to remind us about those fundamental elements of Being Human. So this is one world. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Applause] We all live in this one world, breathing, loving. All we have is this one world. Lovely is but this one W twinkling but a new life in this one world. [Music] Time knows everything. From the ground is where we grow, where we go. The cycle of our life succeeds in writing photosynthesis, survival in this. [Music] Proc. We are given this one. [Music] World with. [Music] [Music] We. [Music] We're. We. [Music] We try to live our life the very, very best we can. We cry to give ourselves release from what ising gives our s in generating from our CL. [Music] To. [Music] We. We. C. [Music] We have. [Music] [Applause] [Music]

"Blank Canvas" / "One World" | Sarah Elizabeth Charles | TED

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