LECTURE
Today's lecture was a little different than the other ones I have been too, but in a good way. It was all about spoken word and an emphasis on slam poetry. We talked about ethnocentrism which means the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. Slam poetry was first started by a man named Marc Smith in the mid 80's. Slam Poetry is usually judged on a scale from 0 to 10 and they generally have 3 minutes with a 10 second grace period. There were many guest performances including multiple slams by current students and one of Kip's friend, Beau Sia. I thought these performances were so personal and inspiring. I was amazed of the memorization of these poetry readings and the intensity. One girl talked about her sister's perfection and how she hated that everyone would just describe her as nice. I also enjoyed Beau's poem about his hard working immigrant dad. The flow of the words tells such a great narrative in a creative way. This lecture actually made me want to try it sometime or take Art 136 or 137m.
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