Hello Teresa, you really rock, I follow you for months now and your Tez talks make my day each time it’s out! I love this authentic side you practice by yourself and the fact that you take time to share it if us. It really helped me when I was down a few months ago and now I see the light again thanks to you advices! Above all of the questions, I’m asking this one, and I hope you can answer it in a future Tez talk.
My question is related to the fact that I’ve been practicing theater in Paris for 2 years and I quit a few months ago because acting drama on stage made me too unhappy in life. The « as if » dramatic situation I needed to connect with for the scenes was too strong to forget it during my time off. I didn’t see the link between my desire of being healthy and taking care of myself, and the obligation of digging into raw and hard emotions as anger and suffering. Even if it was some time ago, I miss it everyday. I won’t say I regret my choice, but I think I miss a tool in the acting process, such as : I love catharsis and experiencing drama, but it has such a strong impact on my personal life, I can’t be happy if I do it everyday.
I’ve seen “I wish you were here” and the way you act and the emotions you had to go through in the scenes and probably before, can you tell me :
« How do you separate your work which asks you to live tough emotions and dramatic moments, from your deep aspiration to be healthy happy and zen? How do you tell your mind it isn’t real, because acting is about being real too… And letting go the terrible « as if » and go back home completely fine? »
Thank you so much for your time. You’re doing a fantastic job by creating this community, you inspire us!
Blessings, Camille from Paris!