Friday

Ok so the downsides of falling behind on blog posts is my memories of Friday are a little distorted. I won't fall behind again! This was the first time we were to be off-book for our monologues and I was proud of myself for memorizing it. At first when practicing the piece I felt so much stronger with the book in front of me. However, as I become more comfortable with the monologue, it became more and more apparent a) how limiting holding a book can be, and b) that the book was a crutch because I was scared of how the piece would be received by the rest of the workshop. But going up there without the book is liberating. As usual, I was told to work on my breathing, and was given an exercise to work on my breath, and after doing the exercise, I feel the difference, and see how breath helps make the piece.