Overcomming Self consciousness
Wed, 9 July 2003, 11:47 amWalter Plinge12 posts in thread
Overcomming Self consciousness
Wed, 9 July 2003, 11:47 amI'm a pretty shy person and i have diffuculty with overwhelming self consciusness in life but when i'm acting it's gone whether it be as a character or myself.
Anyway I'm after any advice for tackling this problem, its not a good way to go through life , I feel as if i'm watching my self all the time without being in tune to whats around me. The more I act with my immagination the more it goes but it keeps comming back when i stop using it.
Thanks
Anyway I'm after any advice for tackling this problem, its not a good way to go through life , I feel as if i'm watching my self all the time without being in tune to whats around me. The more I act with my immagination the more it goes but it keeps comming back when i stop using it.
Thanks
Re: Overcomming Self consciousness
Mon, 14 July 2003, 08:35 amI agree. This is clear to me as I did very much the same thing.
Ultimately, what is self-consciousness? Fear. A fear of something;
Of being talked about behind your back,
Of looking "Like a fool",
Of hurting another's feelings,
Of being mis-understood,
and so the list goes on.
Problem is that by acting shy and reserved (or introverted) you are more likely to achieve any or all of these outcomes. People talk about that snob over there, or how strange or foolish they are. By looking like a snob, you could inadvertantly hurts someone elses feelings, and you certainly are mis-understood as you give nothing to allow understanding.
Catch 22.
What is acting? I see it as a way of overcoming fear. Always nervous before going on stage, the challenge is to confront this fear and ultimately triumph over your own insecurities. This type of acting is being true to yourself as the fear factor is self-defeatist and not very satisfying. Great acting is full of a type of truth that comes from the actor. An actor is always doing one thing, selling themselves. It is different to pretending to be someone you are not. That is fantasy and is equally as unsatisfying as introversion.
Let's redefine this Soul. Don't act in the literal meaning, just overcome you fear and sell yourself. Act like Soul without fear.
You don't need to be afraid of yourself.
Jeff "Fearless" Watkins
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Ultimately, what is self-consciousness? Fear. A fear of something;
Of being talked about behind your back,
Of looking "Like a fool",
Of hurting another's feelings,
Of being mis-understood,
and so the list goes on.
Problem is that by acting shy and reserved (or introverted) you are more likely to achieve any or all of these outcomes. People talk about that snob over there, or how strange or foolish they are. By looking like a snob, you could inadvertantly hurts someone elses feelings, and you certainly are mis-understood as you give nothing to allow understanding.
Catch 22.
What is acting? I see it as a way of overcoming fear. Always nervous before going on stage, the challenge is to confront this fear and ultimately triumph over your own insecurities. This type of acting is being true to yourself as the fear factor is self-defeatist and not very satisfying. Great acting is full of a type of truth that comes from the actor. An actor is always doing one thing, selling themselves. It is different to pretending to be someone you are not. That is fantasy and is equally as unsatisfying as introversion.
Let's redefine this Soul. Don't act in the literal meaning, just overcome you fear and sell yourself. Act like Soul without fear.
You don't need to be afraid of yourself.
Jeff "Fearless" Watkins
[%sig%]