“When I started reciting my own poems in public, I worried that it would seem too theatrical, but now I find recitation very natural, because it allows me to address audiences directly.” SeemsNaturalMy OwnAudienceWorriedAddressesTheatricalRecitingRecitation Author:James Arthur
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.” WayGivingWritingArtActorsAudiencePoetPerformancesSingersNot InterestedReadership Author:James Arthur
“And treating poetry as a performing art emphasizes its ephemerality. A printed poem can be endlessly reprinted, photocopied, scanned, uploaded, cut and pasted - but a performance, even if somebody's there with a video camera, is one time only: the audience experiences something that won't exist when the performance is over, and which won't ever be reproduced in exactly the same form. I find that appealing.” IfsArtFormAudienceCuttingPerformancesCamerasVideoPerformingOne TimePrintedPerforming ArtsVideo Cameras Author:James Arthur
“If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of art? Maybe. I don't know. These questions are completely hypothetical for me, because I love interacting with audiences. I want my poems to be heard.” IfsKnowsWantArtAudienceHeardConversationIntimateWorks Of ArtInteractingHypotheticalIntimate Conversation Author:James Arthur
