LittleMissMuffet
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I just saw a documentary on a world renowned acting coach named Cecily (don't kknow her surname) who is part of the Shakespeare school.
She travels around teaching people about how to 'feel' language and gets them to connect with the power of words.
She also has teached her acting workshops to children living in the Brazilian favela and to prisoners. She said that one of her favorite quotes was something like: "Where there is not the power of words there is violence" ... and she said that some very intelligent people with strong emotions experience a lot of trouble expressing themselves; and that this has much to do with their not having access to words. That words help people communicate and express their feelings, which could otherwise lead them to feeling conflicted.
I notice that I have great trouble with self-expression; this is one of the reasons why I am gifted in painting and drawing. That drawing and painting for me is a way to give expression to my feelings that leaves me with a feeling of release. Also, my sister is well known as a motor mouth. She has always been very attention seeking; and I remember even as a small child making the decision to quit competing with her for my parents attention because she was so competitive for it and talked so much. My mother told me that between her and my brother, I got little attention whilst they grabbed the most of it; and that, feeling neglected, I would write my mother notes.
So for me, I think that taking some amateur acting classes could be a good idea. Especially if I could find one where a similar idea of using words for self-expression is the focus.
I also think that speaking up in front of strangers and acting out something that I pretend to feel could open a new window into my being able to repeat this in my everyday life more: so that I would be able to produce a new feeling that I wanted to have. I also am generally a 'bad actor' -I react and act only on how I really feel most of the time. And the ability to switch-off from how I really feel and have control over my feelings would be a good skill for me to develop.
So, I'm looking into acting workshops around where I live. And I figure that if I do get really embarrassed and self-concious -that I can still give it a go and take on something that is just amatuerish so that there are no expectations for me to be particularly good.
But, anyhow, what does anyone else think about this idea?
She travels around teaching people about how to 'feel' language and gets them to connect with the power of words.
She also has teached her acting workshops to children living in the Brazilian favela and to prisoners. She said that one of her favorite quotes was something like: "Where there is not the power of words there is violence" ... and she said that some very intelligent people with strong emotions experience a lot of trouble expressing themselves; and that this has much to do with their not having access to words. That words help people communicate and express their feelings, which could otherwise lead them to feeling conflicted.
I notice that I have great trouble with self-expression; this is one of the reasons why I am gifted in painting and drawing. That drawing and painting for me is a way to give expression to my feelings that leaves me with a feeling of release. Also, my sister is well known as a motor mouth. She has always been very attention seeking; and I remember even as a small child making the decision to quit competing with her for my parents attention because she was so competitive for it and talked so much. My mother told me that between her and my brother, I got little attention whilst they grabbed the most of it; and that, feeling neglected, I would write my mother notes.
So for me, I think that taking some amateur acting classes could be a good idea. Especially if I could find one where a similar idea of using words for self-expression is the focus.
I also think that speaking up in front of strangers and acting out something that I pretend to feel could open a new window into my being able to repeat this in my everyday life more: so that I would be able to produce a new feeling that I wanted to have. I also am generally a 'bad actor' -I react and act only on how I really feel most of the time. And the ability to switch-off from how I really feel and have control over my feelings would be a good skill for me to develop.
So, I'm looking into acting workshops around where I live. And I figure that if I do get really embarrassed and self-concious -that I can still give it a go and take on something that is just amatuerish so that there are no expectations for me to be particularly good.
But, anyhow, what does anyone else think about this idea?
