If your voice were to be taken away from you two minutes from now for an unspecified time--perhaps for moments, perhaps forever--what would you most need and want to say before your time to speak was up?
“In the eighth grade I wrote a credo and while…”
I so hope to feature you as a star on The Anne Show.
As in the example above, please share your answer to The Question in a two-minute video recording and upload it to a video upload site.
E-mail the first 10 words of what you say, plus the link to your answer on the video upload site, with the subject line "The Question," to theanneshow@anneclelland.com. If your video works for The Anne Show, I’ll post the first ten words, the link to the video, and embed the video on the site.
What will make your video “work” for The Anne Show? Truth, sincerity, genuineness. Mind-thought-ness, heartfelt-ness. Speaking from the essence of who you are. Originality and quirkiness of the you-ness of what you share.
Apply Coleridge’s definition of poetry: “The best words in the best order.”
Please use your best words.
No swearing, no slang, no scatological references. Avoid drugs and sexual references, although either might be acceptable as a topic if you have wisdom to share. No ethnic, religious, racial, ability-related slurs. Don’t settle for the way others have used words. Use them your way.
What I want is to be overwhelmed with the beauty, power, art—or some inexplicable quality beyond description—of what you say and how you say it.
I reserve the sole right to choose which videos I post.
The two-minute limit is strict. If the length of your video is listed as 02:01, I won’t post it, even if it’s brilliant.
And if I don’t use your video, thank you very much for honoring me by sharing your answer to The Question.
