Monday, 21 October 2013

TPPP - List of what I'm going to Include - Symbol of sleep


  • Last Days of Judas Iscariot
  • The Good Soul of Szechuan
  • Mark Hill Workshop - Anne Bogart
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • 'V effect' - my challenges with this

Symbol: Sleep

Why sleep fascinates me so much is because it acts as proof to me, that the human mind also needs rest as well. A specific type of people that need to constantly be thinking, and alter who they are as people, are actors. To trick your mind into thinking that you are a totally different person with different emotions is something that I think sounds impossible, because it's still you. What actors do to get into their roles is something I find remarkable, and with sleep, I find that the more actors enshroud themselves within their roles, the more vivid their dreams start to become. I for one, am a victim of these vivid dreams. Sometimes the dreams become so vivid that I wake up and act upon whatever I feel is necessary based upon the dream, and this can sometimes be dangerous. Sleep, is somewhere that people can escape into, and it's proof that the human brain is a master of creativity as well. Even in sleep, we're ourselves, even when the brain opens up and creates a massive world, we still know who we are. So, how hard is it really, when actors need to take on the role of a character, and believe who they really are?

1 comment:

  1. INteresting idea. You can use the quotes from Shakespeare related to sleep. He has so much to say about it in his plays. We will need to clarify this but I can talk with you about it.

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