Artist Statement on Public Speaking 4
There is a key factor at work here and that is unique to trigger your audience and emotionally. Let’s go through it step by step.??
One. First thing is to secure the audience’s attention.
There is a key factor at work here and that is unique to trigger your audience and emotionally. Let’s go through it step by step.??
One. First thing is to secure the audience’s attention.
Your look defines you. Market yourself correctly. Dress for success.??There are books that have been written about this particular component: Amazon books has a publication by John T Malloy, which is called: “Dress for success”. This is worth a read.
One. Speaking is more than just words. Activate curiosity.??
Two. Connect on the emotional level. There are six psychological pillars.??
Three. Imprint thoughts in their minds. Leave a vision on their minds.??
Four. Use language that empowers. Be clear and positive.??
Five. Provide relevant information.??
Six. Make a great use of people’s time.??
Public speaking essentially is about the “Art of speaking”. Your voice is controlled by muscles. You must warm up the muscles before you exercise, we may strain or damage them, keep this in mind because it’s a very, very good way to start a lecture or to start any form of public presentation.
Dahlsen has collected his “found” material all along the northern NSW coastline, a latter-day beachcomber. “I’ve even been to South Stradbroke Island, where I was artist in residence at Couran Cove at one stage,” he says.
“I walked up and down the 17km of beach there, and over a couple of weeks collected 70 or 80 jumbo garbage bags full of things that had washed up on the shore.”
“I feel the planet is in very fragile shape. I believe it could go either way, and I felt that by joining with Big Brother I could do my bit to help,” he explains. His motives were initially misconstrued by some of his associates, who accused him of selling out to the forces of commercialism, but he claims to have won them back.
“It doesn’t take too much intelligence to see what my intentions were. Some people saw my artworks on the program and judged me because they weren’t aware of the green theme,” he says.
These artworks exemplify my commitment as an artist to express contemporary social and environmental concerns.
By presenting this art to the public it will hopefully have people thinking about the deeper meaning of the work, in particular the environmental issues we currently face.
I knew that an unseen intelligence was at work and soon realized the potential of a giant palate. Then I began the selections of yellow coloured plastics to make up its own pile in the studio, then the red, then the blues, the rope & strings, the plastic coke bottles, the thongs, etc. Soon the floor of the studio did resemble a giant painters palate.?