In a message dated 12/6/2001 10:31:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
<< I never use a mirror in teaching the student to experience the warm,
most breath. I simply suggest the idea of steaming ones glasses to
clean them. It is true that studentd who have never worn glasses
tend to "blow" a warm moist breath on the imaginary lens but I
quickly explain to them that the idea is to "breath" a warm, most
breath , not blow it. (It is a valuable lesson in another way
because it teaches the potential singer-actor one of the skills
developed by all wearers of glasses and this prepares the actor to
assume this facet of a role should it ever become his duty.) >>
lloyd,
this reminds me of a sensory exercise my college acting teacher had us
do. the assigment was to feel everything in the room in our homes we were
most comfortable in. in class, we were to recreate that room by imagining
the feel of the room literally moving our hands over the imaginary objects.
being even more of a goofball then, i didn't really do the homework so, there
i stood trying to remember what everything in my parents' kitchen felt like.
it was pretty vague until i got to the sink. the water faucet they had did
something funny to the water making it almost bubble. as i felt the
imaginary water trickle over my hand, the point of the exercise dawned on me
as i really could feel the memory of that water bubbling through my fingers.
and with the feeling of that water, came also, the feeling of comfort i
still feel in my parents' kitchen.
mike
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