And then the music does word painting, where they jump on to emphasize the emotions of the movement. And obviously, you know, this is more a kind of opera kind of style, because the cantata was born right after opera. So, opera was just kind of fresh on the scene.
And then the cantata came out with this kind of monologue, or the first time where music actually broke free from having a choir do it, now kind of going internally into the emotions of the writers, the emotions of the performer. And Vickie was spot on there. The other thing that's so very important about poetry is kind of, if you really want to kind of make the poem be good, then you have to explore your own vulnerabilities.
And that, you know, obviously, you have to do it professionally, you know, you can't go crying on the show, I mean, but you have to do it as professional as possible, but you have to explore your vulnerabilities. If you cannot explore your vulnerabilities, then, because that's what makes spoken word different from music. And music have, you know, all these different instruments that can add on to the emotion, and that can really emphasize the emotion of what is being said.
But when you do spoken word, you have to work with your own heart, with your own experience, with your own emotions, and your own, you know, your own voice. And so there's nothing assisting you, but vulnerabilities to emotions, and spoken.
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