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Phil Kaye

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Raised in a California beach town to a Japanese mother and Jewish-American father, Phil first fell in love with spoken word poetry at age 17. Since then, he has performed in hundreds of venues in fifteen countries. His work has been viewed online over five million times and featured in media outlets ranging from NPR to Al Jazeera America to Upworthy.com. Most recently, Phil was invited to perform alongside His Holiness The Dalai Lama for the celebration of his 80th birthday. He is the co-director of Project VOICE, an organization that uses poetry as tool to promote empowerment, improve literacy, and encourage empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities. Through his work with Project VOICE, Phil has worked hands-on with ...more

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Phil Kaye's Blog

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Where I’ve Been
Hey guys. It’s been a while. A long...

Where I’ve Been

Hey guys. It’s been a while. A long while. You have been wonderfully patient. And some of you have even reached out with really nice notes to make sure that everything is okay. Which made me feel great.

I certainly haven’t forgotten about you, this blog or the TED talk. Really, my long silence has been an amalgamation of things. I went back to Japan to spend some time with my f

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Quotes by Phil Kaye (?)

“My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you’ll forget why.”
― Phil Kaye

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“Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.”
― Phil Kaye

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“I've heard that even in space;
You can hear the scratching of a
I-I-I-I love you.”
― Phil Kaye

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Phil Kaye’s Followers (252)

Phil Kaye

11 postsPhil Kaye's Blog

Where I’ve BeenHey guys. It’s been a while. A long...

Combine EditionsPhil Kaye’s books

11 posts
Phil Kaye's Blog

Where I’ve Been
Hey guys. It’s been a while. A long...

Combine Editions
Phil Kaye’s books