Expressions Unlimited
Feeling MUCH better today! Got unplugged for a while today I think. I went to my acting coach's Saturday class this morning and for anyone who knows Bobbie Chance and how she operates her actor's "therapy" sessions on Saturday's, it is pretty intense. It forces you to be vulnerable and deal with your shit in front of strangers. Lots of screaming, lots of crying, lots of dumping your fear and getting out of your own way. Today's breakthrough for me personally included an exercise where we say emotionally gut wrenching phrases ranging from "I don't like the way I look" to "I'm going to be who I want to be" over and over in a wide variety of emotions each time, arcing from sadness to fear to happiness to sarcasm to anger to panic to ecstasy! That one got me shedding a few tears even through the laughter.
But the biggest breakthrough was getting there at all. I have been so scared to go back because it really does force you to deal with your shit and no one really LIKES having the layers of bullshit peeled away until they're naked in front of total strangers. The thought of going was absolutely petrifying! But that's why I knew I had to go and felt it wasn't a coincidence that I was going through what I was going through last night.
*sigh* Truth is, acting has always gotten me to a deeper place of truth. It has freed me and saved me by forcing myself to open doors within myself for these characters to come through; doors that usually remain locked. My father said recently that turning away from your calling is the fastest way to get you on a downward spiral. Hmm. Father knows best! Sometimes.
Bobbie's class, by the way, is called Expressions Unlimited and you can get a look at it on her web site at: www.BobbieChance.com. She's the one you saw on WB's "The Starlet" and that E! show, too. She's coached everyone from Drew Barrymore to Jack Nicholson and they sometimes come in and visit the class or do improvs with us. I would highly suggest checking it out.
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But the biggest breakthrough was getting there at all. I have been so scared to go back because it really does force you to deal with your shit and no one really LIKES having the layers of bullshit peeled away until they're naked in front of total strangers. The thought of going was absolutely petrifying! But that's why I knew I had to go and felt it wasn't a coincidence that I was going through what I was going through last night.
*sigh* Truth is, acting has always gotten me to a deeper place of truth. It has freed me and saved me by forcing myself to open doors within myself for these characters to come through; doors that usually remain locked. My father said recently that turning away from your calling is the fastest way to get you on a downward spiral. Hmm. Father knows best! Sometimes.
Bobbie's class, by the way, is called Expressions Unlimited and you can get a look at it on her web site at: www.BobbieChance.com. She's the one you saw on WB's "The Starlet" and that E! show, too. She's coached everyone from Drew Barrymore to Jack Nicholson and they sometimes come in and visit the class or do improvs with us. I would highly suggest checking it out.
JASON'S OTHER SITES:
JasonCurious.com
JasonSechrest.com
DV8Entertainment.com
RELATED SITES:
Kabbalah.com
72.com - Technology for the Soul
The Zohar - Weekly Studies
Weekly Kabbalah Wisdom
Weekly Kabbalah Astrology
Exclusively Kabbalah Group
The Logos
New World Astrology
SpiritualityforKids.com
Have questions? Need advice? Want to share? EMAIL Jason at jason@jasonsechrest.com
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