What the Hell is Acting, Anyway?

I have currently had 2 private sessions with Susan Grace Cohen, with more to follow. And i got to tell you...

Haven't read this.. the image just applies.

i have developed a revelatory sense of acting as a craft. [let me preface by saying i am studying by way of the Method as developed by Lee Strasberg --which i'll talk about in another post].

Acting is not really acting. What i mean is, it's not just pretending... oh no... it is being as sincere and true as a person can be, just under "imaginary circumstances." (coined Meisner)

So, when you act, you prepare very personally for your own emotions to lead how you say something. You can think about whatever you want while you are in the process of acting. What you feel in relation to what you are thinking is how you bring truth to the scene. Then, you simply say the given lines over your true thoughts and emotions. And therefore, because what you are thinking and feeling on the inside is completely true to yourself, then the acting that happens on the outside has the same outcome of truth and sincerity. And let's be honest, you can usually tell when someone is sincere versus when someone is fake.

Is this making any sense? It seems to make so much sense in my head, but for all know it could sound like word vomit..

The point is, i have a deeper appreciation for acting. I consider myself to be an artist, one of different mediums such as painting, photography, design (check out my art blog: karyncadyartworks)... but i have never experienced an art that is as challenging as acting to create truthfully. That's what you are doing... creating. Every emotion, every glance, every voice fluctuation and facial movement, every gesture, every thing -- It is creation!

...and i most definitely have a passion for it.