The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim

TED, please note that when you're filming someone who is using a visual language, don't cut to the Interpreter or the audience. As someone who is Deaf and wants to "hear" the talk for myself rather than reading the subtitles, I really would have appreciated being able to see a thumbnail of the speaker in the corner, or something like that, when cutting to different angles. Thanks!

She's so eloquent! Her movements were fantastic -

she's so beautiful and the way she expresses herself through her sign language is so elegant this was so interesting both to listen to and to watch

I love that she signed that you do not have to be deaf to learn asl, I am a hearing person but I fell in love with ASL after working with special education kids who used it to communicate. I have been studying it for a few years now and I am still in love, it is one of the most beautiful languages i have ever seen.

Watch this video again but with no sound and subtitles. You notice so much more about her personality than you would with hearing the interpreters voice.

I just love the way Christine expresses herself. Very eloquent in sign language, great artistic talent. A thouroughly enjoyable talk that enriched me. As an interpreter myself (vocal languages, not ASL), I very much appreciated the interpreter. I thought she did an excellent job!

I know this isnt the biggest takeaway here, but i absolutely love her hair.

I always though sign language should be part of kindergarten and primary school teachers' training and that they should sign what they're saying while they're saying it. In no time you'd have a generation who can sign as easily as they can speak.

her piano metaphor is so goddamn brilliant it captures asl perfectly

Blown away. Such an eye opening message. Very intriguing concepts. I liked her metaphors and examples. She taught me about ASL, but music also. I've never studied music, but I understand what she's conveying. I also love her humor. She's very engaging. Nice interpreting as well.

is it me or she cute af?

I love the deaf community, they're such a loving, caring group of people.

This woman is brilliant.

This is, by far, one of my favorite TED Talks. It was faaaascinating & she's SUCH an engaging speaker!

love her!! and the interpreter did a great job. i love that the audience knew to sign applause for Christine and then clapped for the interpreter

I always felt like sign language should be taught in schools from the very first day, so that kids can pick it up easily and it becomes a second language for everyone.

I love when she claps at the end

As a Deaf person who played piano for at least a year and cello for nearly 7, I feel so giddy watching this TED Talk. I like her music metaphors that she uses to describe ASL.

Just my personal opinion, I feel like the interpreter relied to heavily on the copy of the speech she was given. There were some amazing things she did and things she threw in that were lost in the interpretation and that sucks.

WOW!!!!!!! I am soooo envious of the young man that captures her heart! After 55 years in music and that I play 11 instruments as well as have worked in major studios, I now understand why people tell me that when they watch my fingers or arms, it is like I am painting a picture for them. Throat cancer has robbed me of much of my hearing because the radiation left my ear drums full of liquid and had to be cut! Ouch! I have been deaf for two years and even now that the plugs came out, I still don't hear right so ASL is used by certain clerks who know it at various store I go to. In one way I am sorry to have gone through the cancer experience but in another way feel so blessed that it opened me up to a whole wonderful community of people that most will never be blessed by and enjoy their variation on life as this wonderful young lady here.