I used to write poems, memorise them quickly, then go and find people
to recite them to. This was at uni, where the chances of finding
someone who would have nothing better to do than listen to me recite
poems were rather better than they have been subsequently.
Later on I did the same thing with songs, going out to sessions and
performing something I'd only written that afternoon. It was partly
about having to find my way through the poem or song again, while it
was still a bit ambiguous and insecure and there was a chance I might
forget what came next - more like a prepared improvisation than an
actorly performance.
Dominic
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