As I was planning my trip to Mumbai, there was this one fear I had. What if I ended up doing nothing? I was venturing to spend one week in the city without any plan, any meetings.
But as providence would have it, I came across this workshop called 'Discover Your Method' scheduled for exactly the time I would be in Mumbai! It was four hours everyday over five days, conducted by Preeti Gupta. A name I'd never heard before, and a 'Method' that I was vague about.
The workshop was brilliant, at least for me. It allowed me to get an insight what the 'Method' really is. There are so many misgivings about it. Who Lee Strasberg was. And what is the meaning of relaxation - the Strasberg way.
Having been an actor for a while now, I always thought relaxation was deep breathing. That yes, but the Strasberg method is a specific technique that 'trains' you to relax. And once you're relaxed as a performer, you allow the freeway from the mind to the body to be clear.
This workshop also gave me many more epiphanic moments.
1. Be specific - break everything down to the minutest.
2. Don't lie - be truthful. Really feel it
3. Be sensorial - open up to all the five senses.
I was so moved by what I learnt, that I've decided to join the ongoing online classes.
I will be a rocking actor one day!
