~ The Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project ~ FEBRUARY 2017
Good Evening Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project participants ~ We are back here again with our next step . . .
Grab your Notebook, your pen, and your print-out of your Balancing Stones Sculpture. Your print out of the Balancing Stones Sculpture should look like the example above. Your three stones should have the following:
Stone 1) Your word that describes the area of writing that captures your soul -- i.e., Author, PlayWrite, Script Writer, Poet, Novelist, CopyWriter, Film Writer, Journalist, etc.;
Stone 2) The year that the word that you chose was first used; and
Stone 3) The word that you chose from the Research that you conducted on the year that your word was first used.
When we were last here, everyone was working on researching the word that they chose for Stone 3. The word that I chose was, "Opera". I chose the word "Opera", because my research was based on the year 1728, and what I found was information on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" that first premiered in London on January 29th, 1728.
Whatever word that you chose for your Stone 3 is what we are now focused on. We did further Research on our word choice. What I found in my research was a photograph of the Opera that took place in the year 1728 (which was the date entered on my 2nd Stone)...
John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera"
Premiered in London on January 29th, 1728
You may have found further information in your research that interest you other than a photograph like I did. Whatever you found that grabbed your attention, make a note of it in your Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project Notebook. If you happened to have found photographs like I did, you can print out a copy of them and tape them or glue them in your Notebook.
Giving you an example of other information that I found out:
John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" had an Adaptation in 1953; there was a 1963 BBCtv Broadcast of The Beggar's Opera; there was a 2009 presentation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera directed by Chris Rovers; The lyrics of the opening song in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera established the main social conflict of the play; there was also a Website created by the students of the University of Michigan about the exploration of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; and there was also plenty of information on You Tube about this fabulous Ballad Opera.
You may want to write down the links that you found during your Research so that you may go back to them. I saved several links, and the one link that I'd like to share with everyone here is this one . . .
The focus of this Writing Project is to turn your attention to your writing and your specific literary area of interest. It helps to get you inspired to research your area of interest, and to go off the beaten path to expand your mind.
Our next step: Stone 4
What shall we place on Stone 4?
Think about the word that you have on Stone 1. If you have the word "Author", the question becomes for you what is the title of what you will Author? The same holds true if you have the word "Novelist", or "PlayWrite", or "Script Writer", or "Film Writer", or "Poet".
If you have the word "Editor", the question for you is what type of Editor? News Editor, Sports Editor, Financial Editor, or Fashion Editor.
If you have the word "Journalist", the question for you is what type of Journalist?
Stone 4 will contain a condensed word that identifies what you will come back here with after you have thought about the question that relates to your Stone 1 word.
If you have any questions, please feel free to write them in the comments section here.
I'll see you back here tomorrow!
Have a good night thinking about Stone 1 . . .
Peace, Love & Light,
René
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