I Do Not Strain at the Position, -- It's familiar
We spent a good chunk of the class just talking. About the essay, about texts and the final. Good times.
We started out by jogging a bit and stopping in places to ‘pull up roots’. Then we got into looking at different positions again. Only these ones were ‘power positions’. We were instructed to find a power position on the wall, standing and leaning on something. We were asked to look at where this position was in the room. Was it where we built our boxes? Or where we were rejected? Was there any symbolism to where you were at all? I think there was.
My first position was leaning and I was in the place where the wall sort of just out a bit. I was leaning on that and that’s just a place where I always like to be. I feel comfortable working there. I’ve done a lot of exercises over there. My sitting position was in a place near where my solo vibration was. And alack, I don’t remember my third position.
Which place was the most powerful? Had the most energy? Definitely leaning. So we go back to our most powerful position and we start vibration and just let our voices go where they want to. We could pick memories to get power or use our imaginations to get power. Were we somewhere else? I was. I was pushing up against the jut out of the wall and it reminded me of the days of Ancient Egyptians. I felt like I was a slave pushing a huge block of limestone to aid in the building of some temple or pyramid. I think I get more energy when I can physically feel an obstacle.
But that’s what tonight was all about; overcoming obstacles. You can’t be self-conscious in a drama class, no matter how hypocritical that makes me sound. I highly respect the girl who, near the end of class, showed us how strong our voices can be. I don’t know her name (sorry!) but it was brave of her to show us her work. I can’t get it out of my head. She just sat there, screaming; reaching a place that I didn’t even know existed. Some people were frightened and even left. Sorry, but get over it. There’s nothing that can hurt you and we should be supporting someone who is working, not abandoning them.
All I know is that it was super intense and that her voice should have been shot. But it wasn’t. Everything in this class defies logic.
We spent a good chunk of the class just talking. About the essay, about texts and the final. Good times.
We started out by jogging a bit and stopping in places to ‘pull up roots’. Then we got into looking at different positions again. Only these ones were ‘power positions’. We were instructed to find a power position on the wall, standing and leaning on something. We were asked to look at where this position was in the room. Was it where we built our boxes? Or where we were rejected? Was there any symbolism to where you were at all? I think there was.
My first position was leaning and I was in the place where the wall sort of just out a bit. I was leaning on that and that’s just a place where I always like to be. I feel comfortable working there. I’ve done a lot of exercises over there. My sitting position was in a place near where my solo vibration was. And alack, I don’t remember my third position.
Which place was the most powerful? Had the most energy? Definitely leaning. So we go back to our most powerful position and we start vibration and just let our voices go where they want to. We could pick memories to get power or use our imaginations to get power. Were we somewhere else? I was. I was pushing up against the jut out of the wall and it reminded me of the days of Ancient Egyptians. I felt like I was a slave pushing a huge block of limestone to aid in the building of some temple or pyramid. I think I get more energy when I can physically feel an obstacle.
But that’s what tonight was all about; overcoming obstacles. You can’t be self-conscious in a drama class, no matter how hypocritical that makes me sound. I highly respect the girl who, near the end of class, showed us how strong our voices can be. I don’t know her name (sorry!) but it was brave of her to show us her work. I can’t get it out of my head. She just sat there, screaming; reaching a place that I didn’t even know existed. Some people were frightened and even left. Sorry, but get over it. There’s nothing that can hurt you and we should be supporting someone who is working, not abandoning them.
All I know is that it was super intense and that her voice should have been shot. But it wasn’t. Everything in this class defies logic.
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