I have found in the past year that I have become increasingly successful
in "snapping into" character as I walk into an audition. In such a
situation, self-affirmations don't seem to be necessary, because I'm not
really me when I sing, but the persona I've assumed.
I wonder whether affirmations couldn't also be somewhat counterproductive,
only in that they make us even more self-aware - not in the good sense -
than we would normally be if we just concentrated on the music and drama
to be performed.
I also just came back from an audition this afternoon in which the most
delightful thing happened: my normal last-second adrenalin surge decided,
for some reason, to happen 30 minutes before I actually sang. So by the
time my name was called, I was absolutely calm and focussed again.
I'm hoping this is the start of a trend.
Karen
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Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt,
Der in den Zweigen wohnet;
Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt,
Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet.
-- J.W. von Goethe, WILHELM MEISTER
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