How heart failure brought me back to life | L.T. Kirk | TEDxAntioch

Our lives can be derailed in an instant by circumstances beyond our control. However, whether or not one has a heartbeat, life truly does go on, with or without them. Learning to accept a new reality and finding new paths to fulfilling our dreams after a life setback or deadly diagnosis can be a difficult journey, but the rewards can be better than anything we have ever dreamed before. In this talk, L.T. shares his journey and how his dreams, when revisioned, became larger and greater than he thought they ever could be.

L.T. Kirk is a performer trained in classical voice, opera, and theater. He is also a long term survivor of Cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure. Living with a life threatening chronic illness has taken L.T. on a physical and emotional journey of self discovery and re-discovery of life. While his health greatly limits what he can do on stage, he has discovered new outlets for his passion behind the scenes. He co-founded KB Productions, a theater company, and serves on the board of HustedDance, a summer intensive program for college aged students of modern dance. L.T. has received award recognition for directing and producing, and his company was nominated by the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce for their Leadership in the Arts award for 2015. He lives in Nashville, TN with his husband and their seven rescue dogs.

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