What I notice from watching monologues is the unfamiliarity; when reading something written by someone else I feel it's best to exhaust the words. For example the first time I tell a new joke it's so pure and so fresh and I'm so excited to tell it, the spark is there and everyone can feel the spontaneity. The second, third and twentieth times I muster it. Somewhere in between the first time and the present telling is a moment where the words are more memory than feeling and they spill forth without effort, the words tell the story and I speak them. Simply, I am no longer attached. It feels honest because it has been exhausted of pretense.
|
Alyssa WesterlundI love it when it rains. Archives
March 2016
Categories |