Well, I'll hope you're right, too, Joanna.
I guess I mean a centred feeling which can be heard in the voice & sen
in the body speaking. Certainly not just gestures for gestures' sake.
But surely a sense that it's not a voice cut off from the human body
(in) from which the words came (or to which).
I've learned to go beyond the monotone without striving for some
'acted' emotionalism.
Doug
On 12-Dec-05, at 10:18 AM, Joanna Boulter wrote:
> You say 'embody'. I'm assuming (hoping!) you aren't simply referring
> to gesture? I've seen poets whose gestures amount to mannerisms or
> even tics, and it can be at best distracting and at worst
> embarrassing. How far can, should, this be done, I wonder, through
> pitch and pace of voice?
>
> joanna
>
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>> Fascinating point, Joanna, & I agree. To all points, but I think it's
>> also to do with differentiating the genres, drama & poetry, so that
>> holding that book or page while you 'read' a poem signals precisely
>> that what is happening has to do with poetry not drama. Which is not
>> to say that there are good & poor readings, & that a good one does
>> involve learning how to pitch the poem, how to 'embody' it, etc....
>>
>> Doug
>> On 10-Dec-05, at 2:46 PM, Joanna Boulter wrote:
>>
>>> A few times, I've heard memorised poetry performed. I must say, this
>>> usually makes me somewhat uneasy -- it tends to lead performance
>>> towards declamation if it's not very carefully handled.
>>>
>>> This is not the same, I would stress, as giving a reading and
>>> finding part way through that you've been doing occasional bits from
>>> memory.
>>>
>>> Didn't we have a thread somewhat along these lines, some time ago?
>>> It's still interesting.
>>>
>>> joanna
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