When circumstances feel too close to home, I encourage you to take note of them, explore them, and resolve them on a personal level. This leads to both personal and artistic freedom. When this happens, performances become truly remarkable as they reflect the actor’s deeper understanding of themselves, and consequently, of the character.
I have often lost contact with myself, and I lost significant ground. But even then, the goal remained intact: to understand my psyche, to understand the human psyche, to meet my freedom, and to undergo what it takes for human beings to meet their freedom.
This exploration is not an attempt to create separation between ourselves and others. On the contrary, from this place of self-awareness, we can engage with others more freely and genuinely. We are, after all, interconnected, and the essence of human connection lies in unity. To offer genuine and effective support, however, we must first understand who we truly are.
It is an immediate physical and mental breakthrough, allowing for the release of all the unconscious, unhelpful learnings and providing a direct experience of who you truly are, free from the blur of your unconscious stories.
My Deep Blue Sea by Yorgos Karamalegos ‘At the back of the bus, The city bus resembles national coaches. Your music lingers in my mind. The road becomes the motorway, The motorway becomes the sky, And I am flying. I am flying with you. I am flying with you, and I haven’t ever met you. […]
While observing this inner life, we also notice that not all thoughts and experiences are consciously chosen by us. Sometimes we choose to focus on a task, but other times thoughts and experiences simply arise. The mind often follows its own path, similar to when we sleep and dream, where we merely watch a movie play out.
It's crucial for actors and artists to have Clarity, Meaning, & Purpose when stepping into the unknown for rehearsals or performances. We don’t simply dive into uncertainty hoping for something to happen!
In life after trauma, you get to be you, the conscious you. All the time. You get to experience your own flow, to have space within yourself and for yourself, and to contemplate and deal with life through the free version of yourself.
All of Us Strangers portrays beautifully the unmet needs of our inner child. The immense need to nurture ourselves with the care we never received. Will any level of nurturing ever suffice, as the child within us, now grown, still carries unresolved needs from infancy?