[Bards] Discussion question

[Paul Haines]

Personally, I break up being a bard into three areas: 1) education (researching and learning period and not-so-period pieces, technique, teaching), 2) composition (writing original pieces), and 3) application (performance, publication, teaching).
 
In my opinion, all three aspects are equally important.  For a specific example, let's look at sonnets.  I started by reading and learning about period sonnets, and talking to others about them.  Then I took what I learned and applied it to my own original sonnets.  Then I've had my sonnets published in newsletters and I perform them quite often.  Soon, I'll be teaching a class on sonnet writing.  I'm far from an expert, but the process of applying them to my 'three aspects of bardic' has given me a good appreciation, understanding, and utilization of the form.
 
How I improve each of the three elements varies and could be addressed separately (and probably at some length), but these are the three "broad elements" that I look at.  I'm still a fledgling bard though, so my opinion is subject to change over time. ;)
 
~Alden
 


Dawn Rummel <dsrummel at yahoo.com> wrote:
Question: How do you, personally, work to become a better bard?


Antonia/Dawn

It's the little things in life...

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