I used this title because it reminds me of Saturday Night Fever and that wonderful sountrack, and music is such a powerful emotional catalyst. What I really wanted to say is how "deep are your thoughts." I don't mean intellectually, i.e. the beginning of time or whether or not there is a God or are we just animals with vocal chords...those are subjects for masters and doctorate thesis.
Are your thoughts the purest expression of who we are or what is happening in a scene, or is there a more primordial, basic element(s) in our personalities which guides us through life? Are your "word" thoughts really able to reach deep inside your core and explain away actions or emotions?
Don't limit the interpretation of your character. There are no good guys, bad guys, it is only people justifying and affirming through out their life the IMAGE of who they think or want to be.
What shaped you? Write down today as many songs as possible from as far back as you remember...listen to "oldies," (songs that were relevant at any particular stage of your life) and sit back and enjoy the flood of emotions, whether nostalgia, even euphoria when you listen to something forgotten in your past through music. What songs might your character have listened? There are many more factors in that answer, but we'll stick to music as a reminder of those moments. Of course, pain, happiness and fear play a special role in that answer.
I am a firm believer that we can only bring ourselves to a role, but we are fantastic creatures and we can be trained to understand different perspectives other than our own, wearing ourselves as a costume on the words of the author.
Are your thoughts the purest expression of who we are or what is happening in a scene, or is there a more primordial, basic element(s) in our personalities which guides us through life? Are your "word" thoughts really able to reach deep inside your core and explain away actions or emotions?
Don't limit the interpretation of your character. There are no good guys, bad guys, it is only people justifying and affirming through out their life the IMAGE of who they think or want to be.
What shaped you? Write down today as many songs as possible from as far back as you remember...listen to "oldies," (songs that were relevant at any particular stage of your life) and sit back and enjoy the flood of emotions, whether nostalgia, even euphoria when you listen to something forgotten in your past through music. What songs might your character have listened? There are many more factors in that answer, but we'll stick to music as a reminder of those moments. Of course, pain, happiness and fear play a special role in that answer.
I am a firm believer that we can only bring ourselves to a role, but we are fantastic creatures and we can be trained to understand different perspectives other than our own, wearing ourselves as a costume on the words of the author.
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