Festivals as Seeds for Cultural Change | Zak Avery | TEDxPrague

I woke up on New Year's Day on the floor of a prison cell, half naked, bruised, and incredibly confused. confused. At just 19 years old, I'd been spiraling through some of the darkest moments of my life and had not long before tried to commit suicide. Fast forward four months and I'm on the streets of Leeds handing out all of my possessions and my money to homeless people, utterly convinced that I am the next Messiah. Now, as you might expect, I was not long after put on a psychiatric ward. I was pumped wit ...