Performance: Katie Noonan at TEDxSydney
The performance, featuring a song titled "Bluebird" and another piece, centers on themes of emotional breakthrough, freedom, and the necessity of emotional honesty. The performer advises the audience to embrace the present moment by singing out loud, believing, and breathing, rather than dwelling on past regrets or perceived external pressures. The overall message is a call to live authentically by accepting moments as they are, without needing to rewind or replay them. ## Speakers & Context - Katie Nunan — Performer; sang the song "Bluebird" from her first solo record, *skin*. - Performance setting — Implied concert or showcase event, featuring song performances. - Relationship to audience — Acknowledges the audience in a personal, engaging manner, warning of potential "crowd participation." ## Theses & Positions - Life requires letting go of previous states—"it's more a new chapter of this tree shining brightly." - Freedom is paramount, symbolized by the need to "be blue blue f blue fly" and to not be constrained—*"I will not fly at all if not given freedom to be you."* - Emotional honesty is crucial, contrasting the difficulty of articulating feelings with the necessity of simply singing them out loud—*"this moment I just have to sing out loud."* - The present moment must be embraced fully, because time cannot be manipulated—*"I can't press rewind and turn it back and pull it now."* - Belief and breathing are presented as active, positive actions required for emotional stability and connection—*"I just want to know that you're okay cuz I believe and pring just for today I just want to know that you're okay."* ## Examples & Cases - **"Bluebird" Performance:** A song that deals with releasing emotional weight and finding freedom—*"The city of tension is lifted from my chest."* - **Addressing Sadness/Fear:** Observing that people see beauty but also sadness, suggesting that fear prevents people from speaking to those around them—*"I see love and beauty all around I also see the sadness that s in your frown."* - **The Rejection of Past Control:** Confronting the desire to undo time—*"I only have one second this minute today a compress rewind and turn it back and call it now."* - **Vocal Exercise:** Encouraging participation with a vocal warm-up and leading the audience through repeating phrases like "I love" and "I breathe." ## Verbatim Moments - *"The city of tension is lifted from my chest my flying cannot destroy the nest it's mer a new chapter of this tree shining brightly do not qu the flame itats to the symphony of color that is this tapestry we we light don't it's sing any louder SES any higher but not fly at all if not given freedom to be blue blue f blue fly blue fly at it turn there's more to ignore more to pretend isn't there more of the on the list I fear they make my Wings slowly Cur out of this crack shell cuz I need to be T I need you to hold my hand baby stops on this new fly I don't believe it any louder any higher but I will not fly at all if not given freedom to be you"* (Song excerpt) - *"I just want to believe your truth CU you stand there but you do not cost a shadow you walk away with every word you choose not to say"* - *"I only have one second this minute today a compress rewind and turn it back and call it now and so this moment I just have to sing out loud and say I love I like and Brea now say I love I love Brea now cuz I moving holding on to what I learn it's time to let go of the notion that the whole world against me Break Free shackles that formed young I'm free now now I know it's not all to me I can count on another so move on lighter and be free"* (Song excerpt) - *"I can't press rewind and turn it back and pull it now so this moment I just have to say out loud okay this is your part it's very simple you just have to sing loud ready this is you breath in now"*