Day 28
Timer on…
Well, I was a bit unconventional today. I did Part 1 – Standing or lying at rehearsal tonight as my warm-up and then after talking to Nick I did the rest…so…I ran late…I almost didn’t finish it, but, then my mind was racing because I ate late, so…I thought I’d better just do the whole thing to help me get to bed. I don’t know if it helped, but…I guess I’ll find out after I’m done writing this and I, actually, attempt to go to bed…I really needed to go to bed early tonight because I have an early class on Wednesdays and Fridays, but…I guess my circadian rhythm has no interest in changing its late-night habits anytime soon. I’ll just be groggy and a very cynical professor in the morning. Thankfully, students, generally, think my cynicism is funny…so…hopefully that will work in my favor tomorrow morning.
Well, let’s see…where did we leave off yesterday: I guess we finished defining the Ajna Chakra, and, as a review, we learned that these poses help release hormones from the endocrine system…and the hormones, specifically deal with stress (death is considered one of the top 10 highest stress inducing occurrences) and weight-loss… Hmmm… And, then, its general function has to do with “remembering”. It is through “remembering” that the person that has past can live again for us, so…I guess the only way to transition is to really “remember” someone…not to try and push down the memories because they hurt to much to think about…we need to “remember” them because it’s the denying of the memories that keeps the stress alive and the weight on.
Alright…that’s out of the way.
I thought (maybe) I would wax poetical tonight about rituals because I was reading all day about rituals and their connection to the beginnings of theater and their connection to theater, in general. I found a quote today in Oscar Brockett’s HISTORY OF THE THEATRE (which I’m reviewing along with Paul Kuritz’ THE MAKING OF THEATRE HISTORY and Alvin Goldfarb and Edwin Wilson’s THE LIVING THEATRE: A HISTORY OF THEATRE…the last of which is the textbook I’m using for my Theater History class in order to give a good lecture on ritual next week) that really applied to what I’ve been doing the past 4 weeks (28 days marks my 4th week…yikes!). Anyway, here’s the quote: “First, the human mind cannot tolerate chaos; therefore, it is forever seeking order in the process of raising questions about the causes of things… “theatrical” activity existed within ritual, which at that time was humanity’s primary means of formalizing views about itself and the world…” (6) So, essentially, I have created this 69 Days of Poses to help with Mourning as a ritual to make sense of my chaos and, obviously, I am seeking order by raising the questions of “Why do these poses help mouring? And, more importantly, will they?
I guess we shall see…
That’s all for today…
Timer on…
Well, I was a bit unconventional today. I did Part 1 – Standing or lying at rehearsal tonight as my warm-up and then after talking to Nick I did the rest…so…I ran late…I almost didn’t finish it, but, then my mind was racing because I ate late, so…I thought I’d better just do the whole thing to help me get to bed. I don’t know if it helped, but…I guess I’ll find out after I’m done writing this and I, actually, attempt to go to bed…I really needed to go to bed early tonight because I have an early class on Wednesdays and Fridays, but…I guess my circadian rhythm has no interest in changing its late-night habits anytime soon. I’ll just be groggy and a very cynical professor in the morning. Thankfully, students, generally, think my cynicism is funny…so…hopefully that will work in my favor tomorrow morning.
Well, let’s see…where did we leave off yesterday: I guess we finished defining the Ajna Chakra, and, as a review, we learned that these poses help release hormones from the endocrine system…and the hormones, specifically deal with stress (death is considered one of the top 10 highest stress inducing occurrences) and weight-loss… Hmmm… And, then, its general function has to do with “remembering”. It is through “remembering” that the person that has past can live again for us, so…I guess the only way to transition is to really “remember” someone…not to try and push down the memories because they hurt to much to think about…we need to “remember” them because it’s the denying of the memories that keeps the stress alive and the weight on.
Alright…that’s out of the way.
I thought (maybe) I would wax poetical tonight about rituals because I was reading all day about rituals and their connection to the beginnings of theater and their connection to theater, in general. I found a quote today in Oscar Brockett’s HISTORY OF THE THEATRE (which I’m reviewing along with Paul Kuritz’ THE MAKING OF THEATRE HISTORY and Alvin Goldfarb and Edwin Wilson’s THE LIVING THEATRE: A HISTORY OF THEATRE…the last of which is the textbook I’m using for my Theater History class in order to give a good lecture on ritual next week) that really applied to what I’ve been doing the past 4 weeks (28 days marks my 4th week…yikes!). Anyway, here’s the quote: “First, the human mind cannot tolerate chaos; therefore, it is forever seeking order in the process of raising questions about the causes of things… “theatrical” activity existed within ritual, which at that time was humanity’s primary means of formalizing views about itself and the world…” (6) So, essentially, I have created this 69 Days of Poses to help with Mourning as a ritual to make sense of my chaos and, obviously, I am seeking order by raising the questions of “Why do these poses help mouring? And, more importantly, will they?
I guess we shall see…
That’s all for today…
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