Today in lecture we focused on the theme of personal narrative and spoken word. As always with a new topic, we defined spoken word, focusing on its diversity, inclusive of monologue, storytelling, performance, poetry, stand-up, evangelism, improv, talk-radio, teaching, persuasion, and so-on. The main focus of the lecture today, however, was the performance aspect. A handful of students got up on stage, one-by-one, to perform various spoken word pieces in front of the class. Of these student pieces, my favorite was the first, a piece about a girls urge to not be the "nice girl" anymore. Although these pieces were quite successful in their own right, they were the "warm-ups" for our primary guest performer, world famous spoken word artist, Beau Sia. Fairly Unfamiliar with spoken word performances, and having just learned of the diversity present in the art form, I didn't quite know what to expect. Sia's performance, however, was captivating at every moment, instantly turning my into a fan. He admitted to, in-a-way, using us a test mice for some new material he has never performed in front of an audience, making his strong performances even more impressive.
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