In today’s acting seminar, Glenn Morshower, one of the most successful character actors on earth, stated, “Our job, our work as actors, is to do our work and theirs.”
What is “our work?” It is to honor our minds, bodies, and spirits; to be assiduous in our journey for experience, knowledge, and wisdom; to be considerate of our friends, families, and communities; and finally, to be masterful in our art, craft, and profession.
Who is the "theirs" for whom we must do “the work?” It is all people who become absorbed by a story, a sermon, a dance, a play, or a movie.
How do we do “your work?” We inspire you to action, when you need inspiration. We allow you to feel, when you need to feel. We invite you to think, when you need to know. We open your heart, mind, and spirit, when they need to be set free. And sometimes, though you may not welcome it, we must show you what you would not want for anyone or anything, so you can recognize it before it gains a place in your own heart, home, city, or nation.
To do this, you ask, you demand, and you require us to go up to, and stand upon, that razor's edge of truth, so that from the safety of your vantage, from the limits of your circumstances, there is no noticeable separation between us and that ultimate truth, up upon the precipice of disaster, where though many know the path back home, many keep their bearing, their footing, and return to the safety down below (some few do not). Is it any wonder that some stray too far?
So, don't worship their ascendance and then take pleasure in their fall, for all whom we beseech to stand in harm's way, all whom we entreat to do our work, all whom we sometimes ask for the impossible, warrant our compassion along with our praise.
Loren M. Lambert © January 21, 2017
What is “our work?” It is to honor our minds, bodies, and spirits; to be assiduous in our journey for experience, knowledge, and wisdom; to be considerate of our friends, families, and communities; and finally, to be masterful in our art, craft, and profession.
Who is the "theirs" for whom we must do “the work?” It is all people who become absorbed by a story, a sermon, a dance, a play, or a movie.
How do we do “your work?” We inspire you to action, when you need inspiration. We allow you to feel, when you need to feel. We invite you to think, when you need to know. We open your heart, mind, and spirit, when they need to be set free. And sometimes, though you may not welcome it, we must show you what you would not want for anyone or anything, so you can recognize it before it gains a place in your own heart, home, city, or nation.
To do this, you ask, you demand, and you require us to go up to, and stand upon, that razor's edge of truth, so that from the safety of your vantage, from the limits of your circumstances, there is no noticeable separation between us and that ultimate truth, up upon the precipice of disaster, where though many know the path back home, many keep their bearing, their footing, and return to the safety down below (some few do not). Is it any wonder that some stray too far?
So, don't worship their ascendance and then take pleasure in their fall, for all whom we beseech to stand in harm's way, all whom we entreat to do our work, all whom we sometimes ask for the impossible, warrant our compassion along with our praise.
Loren M. Lambert © January 21, 2017
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