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I wanted to be an actor. I got really good at the tech stuff. I got even better at acting (made people cry even). And now I've moved to writing/directing.
A good friend asked if I ever wanted to be onstage again. This is a conflict that i've wrestled with for months. My feeling on the matter is that I should act as much as possible, because if I don't, I am only growing stagnant...much like an athlete who never plays. However, acting is one of those things that you never lose the ability to do, like riding a bike (another means in which I have made people cry, but this time through my ineptitude). I feel that if I ever act again, I will have that same drive and emotion that I did before, but having not done it in almost 2 years now, I feel that the subtleties and nuances that you develop through practice and training will be absent. Those subtleties, in my opinion, are what make good actors great.
I like what i'm doing now, though. I think it is more relevant. I'm not just bringing someone's words to life, but I'm making my own. I'm taking ideas that are important to me and presenting them to an audience that has only been presented with a certain number of options or opinions. There isn't enough thought being put into scripts. Not enough representation by certain groups of people, whether its based on gender, race, faith or whatever.
I feel this way (the not acting way) I am more able to make more of a difference in those who witness my art.
I wanted to be an actor. I got really good at the tech stuff. I got even better at acting (made people cry even). And now I've moved to writing/directing.
A good friend asked if I ever wanted to be onstage again. This is a conflict that i've wrestled with for months. My feeling on the matter is that I should act as much as possible, because if I don't, I am only growing stagnant...much like an athlete who never plays. However, acting is one of those things that you never lose the ability to do, like riding a bike (another means in which I have made people cry, but this time through my ineptitude). I feel that if I ever act again, I will have that same drive and emotion that I did before, but having not done it in almost 2 years now, I feel that the subtleties and nuances that you develop through practice and training will be absent. Those subtleties, in my opinion, are what make good actors great.
I like what i'm doing now, though. I think it is more relevant. I'm not just bringing someone's words to life, but I'm making my own. I'm taking ideas that are important to me and presenting them to an audience that has only been presented with a certain number of options or opinions. There isn't enough thought being put into scripts. Not enough representation by certain groups of people, whether its based on gender, race, faith or whatever.
I feel this way (the not acting way) I am more able to make more of a difference in those who witness my art.