Instead, I’m working here without a net, fueled by memory and tepid Irish breakfast tea. If I had remembered even a small pencil, I could have treated readers to some very fun comments. As a result, I have to resort to “paraphrasing” everything I heard during the talk. This was an important lesson reinforced for me as a writer, as I didn’t even think to bring my notepad and pencil with me into the theater. He also talked about how inspiration for his own music comes from all over the place. Of course, Boyd had his guitar nearby, so that when the spirit moved him he could play a favorite song. It’s always good idea to keep the tools of your trade at hand. “Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,” Boyd read. This also gave him a chance to enthusiastically introduce folks in the Southwest United States to some of his favorite Scottish words. Boyd pulled a copy of the poems of Scottish poet Robert Burns from his pocket to illustrate this point, by using the poem “To a Mouse” to answer an audience question. When you want to explain something as eloquently as possible, it never hurts to have some literary reference. Boyd said some of the creative people he knows - artists, musicians, poets, photographers - make beautiful things and “keep them hidden.” That’s a shame, as something we make today may make someone else happy tomorrow.Ĭarry books with you wherever you go. However you share it, get your work, ideas, and talents out there. He talked bout how interesting it is when a person creates something, it can find its way through the universe and be discovered.īoyd did say social media can be both a good and bad thing, as it gives creative types more ways to share their work, but also makes it harder to stand out in that huge sea of images out there. As a frontman for the band Beecake, he talked about the random circumstances where one of his band’s songs, “Please Stay,” made into an episode of a television series. Boyd is one exceptionally entertaining individual, both on screen and musically, and he was a vocal advocate of not being selfish with the things you create. Here are a few things I picked up from the man who made us all love Peregrin “Pippin” Took.ĭon’t hide your talents. I had no idea, however, how much we would learn from his casual, positive personality about the importance of the creative spirit. He is also a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre, and the National Boys’ Choir of Scotland.Īs an unapologetic follower of all things Tolkien and an admirer of Boyd’s music, I attended the event with my teenage daughter fully expecting to be entertained.
The Scottish-born actor is best known for his performance as Pippin in the Lord of The Rings trilogy, as well as for his moving performance of the ending song, “The Last Goodbye,” for The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies.
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The event was of the many free presentations offered at the Las Cruces International Film Festival. I recently had the privilege of attending an event in which actor, musician, and hobbit Billy Boyd spent an afternoon answering questions from young musicians, filmmakers, and Lord of the Rings fans.
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