The laws of motion:
1) There is no action without reaction
2) Motion is continuous, it never stops
3) Motion always originates in a state of disequilibrium tending towards equilibrium.
4) Equilibrium is itself in motion.
5) There is no motion without a fixed point
6) Motion highlights the fixed point
7) The fixed point, too is in motion
We must be careful to make a genuine distinction in evaluating the work between "becoming/being" the image by completely identifying with it and illustrating it. Konstantin Stanislavsky was fond of quoting Nikolai Gogol's statement: "Anybody can imitate an image, but only a true talent can become an image." An illustration is merely an imitation of the external characteristics of the image, successful though it may be."
Sears A. Eldredge,
Mask Improvisation for Actor Training and Performance: The Compelling Image
You should be working on the 'sleep exercise' outside of class -- it will be assessed at the end of next week. You should be able to apply observations from the earlier sections (i.e., sleep, waking, beginning exploration) to the new steps that we learn.
