I spent months thinking about this clip. Initially I was taken back by how great a response KR gives. Overtime I became obsessed. Why was this answer so profound to me. To the Audience. To Stephen Colbert. Why after many weeks of replaying it in my head do I still find myself re-watching. Every time finding a new sense of peace.
Watch this Short clip:
The audience and even Colbert are left speechless. Keanu’s response was profoundly sobering, softly dark in its reality. Comforting, and then humorous again. It was like we spent a long time on a trip that lasted a few seconds. He manages to place the focus not on his own opinion of what we will experience upon death, but the experience of those who stay alive.
I’m fascinated with the effectiveness illustrated in this example. It’s crazy relatable. Keanu takes us out of the debate about what specifically happens personally upon death. We’re now acknowledging all those important people we’ve lost, acknowledging our own morality. Simultaneously realizing or feeling that everything is ok.
Coming from a true place of self. Keanu like most of us have lost a few people who were important to us. I still think about those people a lot.
What goes beyond the impact of this answer for me is the manor in which it’s navigated. How do I enrich the way I listen to questions, while also having a minimalist answer?
