Three Word Wednesday, words today chosen by Pia, of Courting Destiny:
Touching – Visible – Stage
Pia, to quote another, “I could kiss you” for giving me these words today! Thank you so much!!
An Actor’s Truth
It was a touching scene on the stage
visible signs of remorse
shared by body language and tears
and we cried with them
and afterward, he mentionedthey were merely actors
strutting their skills at mimicryand to a point they were, merely,
but their tears came from real places,
though other than that portrayedand the body language,
a flash from another past,for actors on stage have no
artificial tears added between cuts
and their body language
oft comes unplanned
as they reach back in time
and real emotions threaten to
pull them back into their own remorseand therein lies their true skill:
they fight and win
the battle to have their heads remain in the present
as their hearts and bodies rush to the past.Marcia McLees Bogaert
(MeeAugraphie)04/16/08
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I always wondered about staged emotions. It feels so real most of the times. I like this a lot!
green eyed monster
It does feel real, and oft times it is. I bet you suspected it all along, Gautami, since you write with such empathy.
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Marcia,
Pouring their hearts out on stage just like poets do on paper.
rel
Rel, my husband acted almost nonstop for 15 years. I agree, they pour their hearts out just like we do as poets or writers, musicians, painters or sculptors. It is a wonderful release, but it also at times sends our heads and hearts to places we would prefer not revisit!
An interesting statement. Perhaps the most poignant performances do come from somewhere deep and can not be faked. But I’m still not entirely convinced…
Pjd, I am quite sure some fake it!. And had I not lived with my husband all these years, I would have been torn between suspecting deep emotions or faking it. I was speaking from my husband’s experience as an actor. That is what he and many actors he worked with on stage did. I can tell you I have seen him after an especially emotionally charged character audition and the mood clings to him, some roles in particular he is drained. Though other times the emotion change within the play from sad to happy or simply the high of being on stage pulls them out of it more quickly. As long as they make me feel it from the audience, I don’t care how they got there usually.
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Perfect! It’s amazing how memory recreates emotion with enough strength to allow tears, fears and joy!
I think most poets can relate to the emotional connection, I was pretty sure you would, Susan, with your combined poetry and art, and with your brother a musician, as well.
I only acted on stage once but I had a hard time getting back to myself after a performance. I kind of wrote about the same thing you did. You really captured the feeling!
I understand. Nice to know you have been on the stage at least once, Linda. I tried it, once, but it was primarily dance.
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hmmm, never thought of that before, very nice.
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I’ve often been fascinated by true actors, and how the character seems to take them over. An amazing subject.
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much like we reach to the depths of our persons to find the emotion to build a poem… very nicely written marcia….
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I have to say… I kind of agree with Pjd. Some of them are definitely faked. Certainly not all, but still a fair number.
Still though, this was an interesting take on what goes on inside an actor’s mind.
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I love how you have brought light to a subject many of us think about, but often don’t discusss – the art of immersing yourself into a role. I also wonder about how related it is to the art of lying which can be a very layered and complex psychology and the art of writing fiction!! Great job and thanks for sharing with 3ww!
Amarettogirl, that is an interesting thought in itself, how is it related to lying-? I would think a great liar must also have a natural talent for acting. I find both hard.
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excellent post as to the actor’s truth… it is as a comic’s life on stage too… do you think it is as a writer’s truth too??
That answer, I am not sure of, but I bet for many, yes.
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