After watching Christine’s TED talk, I discovered how ASL could be seen as another form of music and sound. It was interesting for her to explain how sign language closely resembles a piano, a finger representing a key, and coming together to form a chord. Christine has a way with her representation of ASL that makes her audience feel enlightened to learn more about sign language and immerse themselves into ASL culture through a musical light. Learning piano as a child, I could deeply understand Christine’s message in understanding all the different “keys” people can play to form these “chords” with such different meaning at any shift of a finger. It was super interesting to hear her talk about how she disregarded all the things she was told by others, to forget sound since she could not hear. Instead, she uses that to empower her, using sound as a way for her to communicate in the world. As a person with hearing, I tend to forget how much I take sound for granted, and knowing that someone like Christine can use sound to express her emotions and connect it to sign language is very inspiring. Hearing her describe sound as a social currency was very interesting, because knowing that she “was not capable” due to her lack of hearing was something extremely motivational, showing that when people tell you that you cannot do something, you can prove them wrong, regardless of the circumstances.