"So Are You To Me" by Eastmountainsouth in Sign Language

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laurensmusicsign
December 11, 2007

A beautiful song that jumped in front of my son's request for a Nelly/Tim McGraw song (that should be interesting). I was leaving for a party when I saw the cozy fire; I decided to just do the s...

A beautiful song that jumped in front of my son's request for a Nelly/Tim McGraw song (that should be interesting).

I was leaving for a party when I saw the cozy fire; I decided to just do the song then and there. Excuse the quick start! There is no lag time before the song begins, so I had to push 'play' and hurry to sit - gracefully in my dress ;-)

My story: To begin, I chose my YT name so that my friend could find it easily -- & I could remember it! It just made sense. However, now that it's found it's way to over 29,000 people, I don't like that it sounds like I'm an expert selling something. I am neither. I cannot change the name or I lose the videos, as well as the great, supportive comments I've received.

I am not deaf. I was inspired to learn from my cousin & my ASL instructor, both of whom are deaf, as well as from a friend's child. I am not an interpreter, although that may be a route I chose someday when my children are older. I have a long way to go to become even close to fluent in ASL, so I admire those that are. I also took classes to learn Signed Exact English (S.E.E.) as some schools here use SEE to teach young children who are also learning to read. Signing here is not enough practice versus having real conversations with someone who is deaf; that is the best way to learn.

I started signing to songs with my daughter for fun, then did my friend's fav song for her birthday ("My Wish"). My email couldn't handle the video, so I popped it up here. I never intended, nor imagined, that it would start getting thousands of hits and people would start requesting that I try their fav songs. I would have redone that video ASL appropriate if I had known! I will someday, but for now, I keep it here because I did it with my friend in mind, not the 29,000 other people :-)

Songs are difficult to translate into straight ASL, as ASL is not in English word order. I am attempting to use more ASL now, but used Signed Exact English (SEE) and PSE a blend of both) when I did this one. I know I can't please everyone, so all I can say is that I am making the effort to communicate on all levels, in a way that I truly enjoy.

All I know is what I am reading from all of you: people who were touched to see a beautiful visual aspect put to their special song. That it helped express their love, or let go of one; deal with the loss of a grandparent, a friend; recall their faith; start a new life; their wedding song; courageously battle disease as they fight for their life; bravely fight to protect ours... Countless people asking how & where they can learn ASL. These are the reasons I'm doing this, and will continue...Thank you so much for the support.
My best,
~Lauren

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tjdhart (4 days ago) Show Hide

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Very, very nice. Quite moving.

darkjazz10 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Its beautiful

JohnMRavenscroft (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Lovely.

mihzica (1 month ago) Show Hide

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o que significa ?

doubledancer (2 months ago) Show Hide

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this is beautiful beyond words... I have heard this song many times before, but wasn't moved to tears by it until I watched you signing it just now... your signing is lovely- like a dance- thank you for posting this --it is so heart warming and so true...

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worst signing I have seen in awhile......where is the ASL, the language of the deaf??

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the loveliness, beauty, and heart in her signing is so moving... and so moving that it has sparked an interest in others to learn about signing... But, it goes even deeper than signing... She is capturing some essential beauty that is Universal about being human...I feel that these videos are an inspiration and an invitation to the spirit.

GrfxDziner (4 months ago) Show Hide

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Such a beautiful song!
I love the sign language version too :)

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Wow. This song makes me want to cry all on it's own. I love Eastmountainsouth. But watching you sign it with such grace just made me burst into tears (Shh, don't tell anyone). Absolutely beautiful.

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This was really something...

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