tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298431477138846862.post4123387958358568500..comments2024-02-15T05:19:39.489-05:00Comments on Your ability to write is always Present. : The 3 Paradoxes of Mindful WritingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298431477138846862.post-79044111234872116542012-08-23T11:11:24.722-04:002012-08-23T11:11:24.722-04:00Hi Matt,
I'm glad you brought up the art of a...Hi Matt,<br /><br />I'm glad you brought up the art of acting. I've never acted, but I'm guessing that excepting practice sessions by him/herself, the actor (unlike a writer) always has some sort of live audience. I mean, with writing, I can adopt a persona or even use a voice that's not my speaking voice...that's altered for the genre...but most of the time, when I do that, I'm alone. Any actors out there want to weigh in? I'm really curious what it's like.<br /><br />That spontaneous flow--would you think it means that the writer/actor/athlete is completely present with the self--the thoughts, the body, and the body-thoughts?<br />AlexAlexandria Peary, MFA, MFA, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586896167663351299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298431477138846862.post-80580674451368793462012-08-22T12:58:43.756-04:002012-08-22T12:58:43.756-04:00It seems to me that actors also have this problem ...It seems to me that actors also have this problem of pushing the bar too far to the audience side. It's obvious to even us laymen when an actor seems "fake" because he is too aware of his audience.<br /><br />A Hindu would say that action should be performed without regard to the fruits of the action (karma yoga), which is what you are saying in Paradox #1 about writing without undue regard to your audience.<br /><br />Performing action without regard to the fruits of the action is a prerequisite for spontaneous flow. Athletes call this spontaneous flow "the zone". I'll bet writers have a term for spontaneous flow as well, but I don't know what it is. I've heard writers talk about magical periods when it's as if they are channeling the writing, as if the words are coming through them.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15799816498393082453noreply@blogger.com