"This is Water" has got to be the most meaningful video I have ever watched. The speech alone was brilliant and moving, but the addition of the clips guided me to understand it for what it was. I loved that David Foster Wallace was able to take such a simple concept and turn it into a whole world of questioning. Of course he wasn't necessarily trying to make me question life, but how could I not? This video really made me think of all the times I have dreaded on such small things and felt that I was the only one annoyed with the situation, when I'm truly oblivious to everyone else. There is now an understanding that I am not alone in the boring, routine life that is going to be mine after I graduate. To be honest, I wish I could have heard this speech in person for myself.
First of all, just the introduction with the fish alone was enough to make me appreciate the video. Wallace was right when he explained it's the obvious that we are blind to. I also loved the video segment of when he was explaining the average adult days. The alarm ringing, the shower head, the coffee brewing, is that was life is going to be? It made me realize how easy my life is since it is not terribly routine. However, if life is going to be that routine, I might find it hard to get out of that default setting.
