I have mentioned in the past that reading and writing go hand in hand and that is largely true. Speaking is another way of communicating. I can be poetry, a speech, an opinion, or just communication between two friends.
One thing the speaker wishes to convey is what he/she wants for us to understand. I have spoken out in public a few times in my life. I always find necessary to write down what I want to say. I used to write down a speech then read from it when I was in high school. However, it stunted my ability to communicate in a natural tone to the audience. Instead I wrote down an outline of the high points I wanted to cover. I still do research and have a written speech or commentary. I find that speaking from my heart with the outline as a guide is more to my liking.
Speaking in public actually invigorates me. I get the butterflies in my stomach but I use it to my advantage. I think of my audience to be knowledgeable and intelligent. Trying to pull one over on them is insulting. That's why I spend time researching and making sure my facts are straight. I enjoy speaking in public because they see a live person who has something to say. I pray that the words will encourage, stir, and spark them to go beyond what they think they cannot do. The words can be firy or subtle, simple or compelling. Either way it is communicating to the masses.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Welcome to the MIC
FRIDAY NITE MARCH 6, 2009 @ 7pm
@ Sista's Place
Black Power, Word Power,
Self Determining Power!
Welcome to the MIC
SPIT FIRE!
The best political and cultural spoken word event in NYC!
Sign up @ 6:30PM
Sista's Place
456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Free December 12th Movement Culture Committee (718) 398-1766
Subway: A/C to Nostrand Avenue
@ Sista's Place
Black Power, Word Power,
Self Determining Power!
Welcome to the MIC
SPIT FIRE!
The best political and cultural spoken word event in NYC!
Sign up @ 6:30PM
Sista's Place
456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Free December 12th Movement Culture Committee (718) 398-1766
Subway: A/C to Nostrand Avenue
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 26 2009 7:00pm
McNally Jackson Books
Sharon Dolin, Anne Marie Macari
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street (Lafayette/Mulberry)In the Teahouse
Free www.mcnallyjackson.com events@mcnallyjackson.com
212-274-1160
Subway: 6 to Spring, R to Prince, or B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tuesday, February 24 2009 6:00pm
Boog City Presents
d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press
Atelos Publishing Project (Berkeley, Calif.)
Featuring readings from Ted Greenwald, Jennifer Scappettone,
Lytle Shaw, Edwin Torres, Rodrigo Toscano,
with music from Lisle Ellis and Larry Ochs
Hosted by Atelos Publishing Project
directors and editors Lyn Hejinian and Travis Ortiz Curated
and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum
ACA Galleries
529 West 20th Street,
5th Floor (10th/11th Avenues)
Free, incl. wine & cheese
www.welcometoboogcity.com www.atelos.org
212-842-2664
Subway: C/E to 23rd Street, 1/9 to 18th Street
Boog City Presents
d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press
Atelos Publishing Project (Berkeley, Calif.)
Featuring readings from Ted Greenwald, Jennifer Scappettone,
Lytle Shaw, Edwin Torres, Rodrigo Toscano,
with music from Lisle Ellis and Larry Ochs
Hosted by Atelos Publishing Project
directors and editors Lyn Hejinian and Travis Ortiz Curated
and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum
ACA Galleries
529 West 20th Street,
5th Floor (10th/11th Avenues)
Free, incl. wine & cheese
www.welcometoboogcity.com www.atelos.org
212-842-2664
Subway: C/E to 23rd Street, 1/9 to 18th Street
WORDS OF WISDOM
Never be afraid to sit awhile, and think.
~Lorraine Hansberry, African American author (1930-1965)
~Lorraine Hansberry, African American author (1930-1965)
Friday, February 13, 2009
Words
Monday, February 16 2009 6:00pm
New York Quarterly Reading Series
Joel Allegretti, Rynn Williams, Peter V. Arcese
Hosted by Ted Jonathan
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker Street)
$7 gets you a free drink
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
tjonathan@nyquarterly.org 212-989-9319
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th or 1/9 to Christopher/Sheridan Square
New York Quarterly Reading Series
Joel Allegretti, Rynn Williams, Peter V. Arcese
Hosted by Ted Jonathan
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker Street)
$7 gets you a free drink
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
tjonathan@nyquarterly.org 212-989-9319
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th or 1/9 to Christopher/Sheridan Square
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Fear
There are elements consistenly found in mstery and horror stories. The unknown, suspense, fear, sudden changes in storytelling, long dormant thoughts coming back full force.
Fear is one thing that fascinates me in horror and suspense stories. I once wrote a story about a career woman who met people who reminded her of people in her past long deceased. When she met a man she thought had died fiteen years earlier, she realized that destiny was catching up to her. Fear can freeze people dead in their tracks. They feel powerless. They want to escape sensing that some horrible fate awaits them.
I like writing stories where a person comes face to face with their past misdeeds. Add supernatural events like ghosts and then you have the making of a good horror story. I like to believe that people will change when they see that thier evil deeds will come back to haunt them. In horror and suspense the story would compromised but I don't think so necessarily. That's what our imagination is for. We can twist and shape the story anyway we see fit.
Fear is one thing that fascinates me in horror and suspense stories. I once wrote a story about a career woman who met people who reminded her of people in her past long deceased. When she met a man she thought had died fiteen years earlier, she realized that destiny was catching up to her. Fear can freeze people dead in their tracks. They feel powerless. They want to escape sensing that some horrible fate awaits them.
I like writing stories where a person comes face to face with their past misdeeds. Add supernatural events like ghosts and then you have the making of a good horror story. I like to believe that people will change when they see that thier evil deeds will come back to haunt them. In horror and suspense the story would compromised but I don't think so necessarily. That's what our imagination is for. We can twist and shape the story anyway we see fit.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sound the same but spelled differently
DOUGH; DOE
SEW, SOW
PRINCIPAL; PRINCIPAL
COURSE; COARSE
HORSE; HOARSE
WOOD; WOULD
METAL; METTLE
WIDTH; WITH
SEW, SOW
PRINCIPAL; PRINCIPAL
COURSE; COARSE
HORSE; HOARSE
WOOD; WOULD
METAL; METTLE
WIDTH; WITH
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Southern Writers Reading Series
Wednesday, February 11 2009 8:00pm
Southern Writers Reading Series
Two featured Southern authors (TBA)
+ open mike
(sign up begins at 7:30PM -bring poetry or fiction to share and a mind ready to experience the mythic South without ever leaving Manhattan)
Hosted by Ekoko Omadeke
Happy Ending Lounge
302 Broome Street (Forsyth/Eldridge)
Free southernwritersny@gmail.com
Subway: B/D to Grand Street, or J/M/Z to Bowery
Southern Writers Reading Series
Two featured Southern authors (TBA)
+ open mike
(sign up begins at 7:30PM -bring poetry or fiction to share and a mind ready to experience the mythic South without ever leaving Manhattan)
Hosted by Ekoko Omadeke
Happy Ending Lounge
302 Broome Street (Forsyth/Eldridge)
Free southernwritersny@gmail.com
Subway: B/D to Grand Street, or J/M/Z to Bowery
Friday, February 06, 2009
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