If life's aim is to make as big a difference one can, on as grand a scale one can, then both a focus on Court and among the Bardbrood could prove beneficial.
You're not at all convinced Gwendell's dense piece swayed any minds (though, looking around the amphitheater, it certainly put several to sleep). But you can certainly envision that the right artwork for the right audience could move the world. Of course, a choice word to a noble, or a monarch, could alter the course of a whole nation's destiny. Time will tell, you suppose, which path is more fruitful for you.
You notice the benches filling up even more as preparations make way for the next piece by The Muse. Your jaw drops the instant it begins.
Onward