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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cormac wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bad bards
can be helped, but first they have to recognize they are bad
at</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>> what
they are doing and then they have to be willing to accept help.
Too</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>> many
just become beligerant, no matter how gentle you try to be.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Exactly. The essential traits of a bad
bard are poor judgment and esthetic sense. Why would such a person
have the good judgement to listen, or the esthetic sense to understand why your
advice would improve their performance?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But it's important not to confuse such a person
with the much larger categories of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"unleaned bard", who is somebody with some esthetic
sense and judgment, but not enough (or wrong) information about the audience,
the venue, or what makes a good piece, or</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"untrained bard", who is somebody who has not yet
learned the technical aspects of plotting, rhyme, meter, music,
etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These people are the great new bards of next year,
*IF* they get support and help this year.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay
Rudin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>