Shakespeare and Such

One of my favorite terms I learned while working on my undergraduate degree in English was sprezzatura. I thought it was fascinating that poets who worked within the system of the royal court had this code of conduct to pursue their art to the fullest extent while maintaining a sense of nonchalance about the effort he put towards creating the art. One poet who lived this was John Donne, and I included some of his work in what I recorded today.

A lot of the poems that I studied during college, liked, and remember unpacking had some theme along the lines of how long love lasts. I'm continuously grateful to have faith and family in my life and so much love.

Peter Rabbit

I have been meaning to record The Tale of Peter Rabbit for a few months and have found other things taking up my time.  I've continued working on dialect and am really happy how that skill has progressed for me.  Often I can go about speaking it quite naturally without much effort, hope to continue to use it in voice recordings and in theater, and will continue working on it.

Here's my recording of Peter Rabbit:



I love reading this story to my toddler girl.  Here's a link to the public domain version of the story: Peter Rabbit on Project Gutenberg
There are also a bunch of illustrations on the website.

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