Writing Project in progress . . .
Here we are again Writers ~ Another day working on our fabulous Writing Project using the Balancing Stones Sculpture as our backdrop.
If you are just joining us, you will need to take a look at the two Blog posts before this one. Then you will need to print out the Balancing Stones Sculpture, and you will also need to pull out your Dictionary and get your notebook out. Be sure to have your favorite writing pen ready, and a Sharpie marker to write on the Balancing Stone Sculpture.
As an overview for everyone participating, here is what we have done thus far . . .
Everyone has identified their first stone on the Balancing Stones Sculpture that attracted their attention first; then we each identified the word that resonates with our soul about our writing path and we placed that word on the 1st stone (which is the first stone that attracted our attention); then we came up with a definition from the top of our head about the word that we chose personally; next we went to the Dictionary and wrote down the definition of the word as it is in the Dictionary (utilizing the Dictionary of our choice) -- [For the record, I used Merriam-Webster Dictionary]; after doing that, we all found out the year that the word we chose was first used. We took the year that our word was first used, and wrote it on the stone to the right of our 1st stone (where we wrote the word descriptive of our writing path).
Here is how my Balancing Stones Sculpture paper looks thus far:
Please Note: This is an example (above). The stone that attracted my attention first is the top stone, and the word that resonates with my soul with regard to my Writing path is "Novelist". The year that the word 'Novelist' was first used is 1728, which you see above to the right of the 1st Stone. [Remember,
there are nine stones].
Your Notebook should be out at this time, and remember to title this Writing Project: Writing Project - Month of February 2017 - Balancing Stones Sculpture.
Continuing on . . .
Hopefully you have printed out the Balancing Stones Sculpture and chosen your first stone and placed the word that resonates with your soul about the path you are focused on in relation to your writing at this point in time. You've also completed all of the steps we've gone over here on the Blog. And for those of you who are just joining us, you can easily catch up by reading the previous two Blog posts.
REMEMBER: If the stone you picked happens to be a stone hanging on the end, place the year your word was first used on the stone to the left of the stone where you've written your word. Write the year down on your photograph as instructed, and place you notes as instructed in your trusty notebook.
Now, onward with the FUN part -- Research Time!
It is now time to research the year that your word was first used. For me, the year was 1728. You will see I have placed my writing word ("Novelist"), and the year it was first used on the Balancing Stones Sculpture on the example above.
What we all will do next is take the year that we have placed on our 2nd stone (to the right of our 1st stone) and do our research. Whatever year your word was first used is primary to this Writing Project. Taking my example of the year 1728, next I researched what happened in the year 1728. I used the following resources to do my research on the year 1728:
1) www.brainyhistory.com
2) www.onthisday.com
3) www.google.com
4) www.eventshistory.com
5) www.hisdates.com
6) www.whatwhenhappened.org
7) www.wikipedia.org
There are also other sources you can use, and you are welcomed to share them with all of us here on the Blog by leaving a comment.
What I came up with is many different Historical Events. What I noticed was that there were a couple of common threads between all of the resources that I used.
The Historical Event that caught my attention about the year 1728 was The Beggar's Opera by John Gay. Here is what I found out (Resource Wikipedia) : The Beggar's Opera[1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time.
The Beggar's Opera premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre on 29 January 1728[2] and ran for 62 consecutive performances, the longest run in theatre history up to that time (after 146 performances of Robert Cambert's Pomone in Paris in 1671).[3] The work became Gay's greatest success and has been played ever since; it has been called "the most popular play of the eighteenth century."[4] In 1920, The Beggar's Opera began an astonishing revival run of 1,463 performances at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, which was one of the longest runs in history for any piece of musical theatre at that time.[5]
January 29, 1728 ~
| John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London [1728 in History] |
What you will need to do for the year that you wrote on your 2nd stone is research that year. You'll find out some interesting information that you would not have otherwise ever thought about. What will be even more fascinating is that you will find that the historical event will present many things about Writing in relation to the Arts.
We must remember that Writing covers all areas of life. We have people who write the News Stories, Newspapers, Plays, Film, Books, Songs, Poems, Instructions for machinery, Manuals, Laws, Business Plans, Magazines, Computer Code, Patents, etc.
Here is your challenge for this Writing Project for today and tomorrow: Do your Research on the year that your writing word was first used. The Dictionary will give you the information on the year your word was first used, or you can ask Google or Alexa (smile) for the information associated with the year that your word was first used. After you have started your Research, write down any interesting information that captures your attention in your notebook about the year you are researching.
When you come back here, you will have your notebook and the information from your Research, and then we will proceed to the next step of our Writing Project. Have a blessed evening everyone.
Research underway on our Writing Project ~ The Balancing Stones Sculpture
Peace, Love & Light,
René
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