Some experiences in life can be mastered and directed, as in performing a task or going on a trip. We can have other experiences only by being receptive. They come our way, as in the growing of a friendship or the unpredictable events on a trip.
To be receptive, we must not be so busy with what we can control that we fail to notice all the experiences which are there for us. Our senses need to be open to see what is around us and hear what is in the air. We must breathe in the beauty and pain of life. When there is a message in our experience, let us read it and not demand it fit our narrow, logical minds.
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To discover how to do a scene well in our acting classes in Los Angeles, and find your “choices,” you need to be receptive. Don’t monitor yourself and don’t control your behavior.
Treat a scene and treat acting as though you are dancing to a song you love to dance to.
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