On Art

Today I think I realized why I love performing/music/acting/singing so much. I realized that when one performs, one is able to be most vulnerable and real. Take for example, acting.Acting is probably more true than how one behaves in real life. You get to dig deep and find your most painful or happiest memory, cry your heart out over a heartbreak, do things you want but won't normally do, say what you've always been itching to say, get angry without inhibitions, shout without restrain and express what you cannot translate in words - only you channel these emotions and personal experiences through stories and characters. You draw from a memory and a situation thats related to the scene and from there, you must show how you really feel.Art may even open up a whole new range of emotional depth that one may not even have experienced in real life. And you know its 'ok' to do it because its just 'acting' and you can always tell that its not really you, but truth is more often than not, it is more you than the 'front' you project.

I guess the reason why most artists want people to watch their performances is because everyone is just dying to let themselves be heard, and most especially, be touched and also be an instrument of inspiration. In so many ways, theater, music, or art generally, allows us to meet that human desire. And it feels transcendent and inspiring - to you and your audience. You forget about everyone watching and release all your inhibitions. It is just you, your truth, heart and your art.

I get those moments when I'm singing with a great choir or when Im playing Brahms or Chopin alone on the piano or when Im the 'moment', enjoying and getting the groove of the music.

Art is a reflection of the true self, a reflection of the beauty of humanity.



"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." - Dead Poets Society