Yes to all of this! I love the Moth. Also, you did not suck at all - but sucking is in the eye of the beholder? 😆
I just did a poetry reading knowing that my poetry isn’t meant for that format - and I knew I would suck - and I did, and it was great to not feel like I had to do well. It was such a freeing feeling.
Why are we so harsh on ourselves, Ash?! I wonder what other people thought of your poem; maybe one person thought it sucked, but I bet the vast majority were moved. Yes, it is FREEING TO SUCK!
I'm an Enterprise Acct. Exec for a Tech firm and give presentations daily to teams of high-level execs from Fortune 100 firms. Last week I gave a MOCK presentation (same material but to a pretend group of h-l execs) and could not have SUCKED more. So much for only sucking at NEW things. :)
Yes to all of this! I love the Moth. Also, you did not suck at all - but sucking is in the eye of the beholder? 😆
I just did a poetry reading knowing that my poetry isn’t meant for that format - and I knew I would suck - and I did, and it was great to not feel like I had to do well. It was such a freeing feeling.
Why are we so harsh on ourselves, Ash?! I wonder what other people thought of your poem; maybe one person thought it sucked, but I bet the vast majority were moved. Yes, it is FREEING TO SUCK!
I'm an Enterprise Acct. Exec for a Tech firm and give presentations daily to teams of high-level execs from Fortune 100 firms. Last week I gave a MOCK presentation (same material but to a pretend group of h-l execs) and could not have SUCKED more. So much for only sucking at NEW things. :)
Well, you got "up on stage" anyway! Here's to the next one going more smoothly.