Posts tagged oratory
Think one person can change the world?
For the listener—for those three minutes and 30 seconds of pop bliss—they are in that world, where those feelings [power, danger, passion, love] are real. Those feeling are ample justification for the appreciation, even the loving, of pop music. … Pop stars may not be visionary, may not even be artists, but they are skilled craftsmen and their product is undeniably an impressive one.
Congratulations to all these inspiring speakers who motivated me to orate to my fellow squirrels tonight on the importance of mapping where we store our acorns each fall!
One part speech competition, one part American Idol, one part cash-money-in-your-pocket (or pizza-in-your-belly). More details about the Finney Oratorical Competition here.
