Le Gimp, C’est Moi!
As I indicated in my last post, I’m inaugurating my new Krip Kam© series of videos on YouTube beginning this week. The name ‘Krip Kam’ is not intended to minimize or trivialize the nature of my disability, it’s meant as a handy tag to clearly distinguish the videos I’m making from others out there and make them readily searchable for interested viewers.
The name is also a reminder to myself not to take things too seriously. There’s no getting away from the fact that this is a deadly serious business for me, but being able to have some fun in my life is every bit as important as keeping my responsibilities met…life is not some grim utilitarian exercise, it’s meant to be lived, an idea I intend to celebrate every day.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video has to be worth at least ten. I can talk about the difficulties and hazards of transferring to and from my power wheelchair all day, but I think a video like this really demonstrates the subject far better than words alone can.
I hope you find it instructive, with time and experience I think this aspect of documenting my life and doings will be rewarding. I’m already researching ways to mount my camera on my chair, as well as other forms of videography that will enable me to share my perspective with the world even more successfully.
My special thanks to Marc and his Wheelchair Kamikaze blog for providing an inspiring example of a disabled person living life as fully and rewardingly as possible.
Without further ado, I present Krip Kam© Video #1 for your delectation. If this doesn’t illustrate the importance of this blog’s goal, I don’t know what will!
Posted on October 23, 2011, in General Stuff, Videos and tagged donate, multiple sclerosis. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
You’re right about a picture or video being able to bring reality to us more directly than words. Truth is, that words could never be enough to describe some things. Watching your tentative grasps and hesitant motions leaves little doubt in my mind, of both the horror in losing mobility and the anxious uncertainty in trying to reclaim it.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I’ve imagined it, but seeing it brought a deeper level of fear for the disabled. The chair is a wonderful thing, but it dumps you at the edge of profound uncertainty.
This brings to mind how it surely must involve a huge chunk of your day just willing yourself to muddle through to the next leap of faith you must take, knowing full well that you may end up in a heap on the floor, with no help in sight. The panic, the horror of that, is–I believe, what could drive a person to insanity. Knowing you’ve been in the grasp of that and found your way through and to the other side is why I respect you as I do. You’re a very strong willed, solid kind of man, with a wild thirst for life, no matter your disability. That’s why it’s so hard to consider you disabled. Thanks for shining this light on what is “real” for you and others in shoes like yours. You have my deepest respect, Glenn.