Direk!

I want to direct a play again. It's what has been on my mind these past few weeks. I've tried it once & I feel like if I'd be given one more chance, I can do a lot of quite good things. The first time made me see the aspects I could have improved on, & I'd like to think I deserve the time to do the actual improvements. Just that, not for anything else.

Pat gave me a very short play a few months ago, something only I have read yata. I think it's a good material. I already have in mind the actors I'd get, just in case. I've thought of the device I'd use & some basic blockings I'll employ. I've even thought of the texture of the technicals & the set already. Shocks! I really want a second chance at it.

 

A director's chair charm from SWJ

*Pause*

Theater taught me the importance of pauses. I suddenly remembered its relevance when I saw the preview of ENTA's newbie production (Sir Jet 'coerced' me to watch w/ him).

For one, pauses give you the chance to breathe & the time to think. It gives you that needed rest from everything that's going on - that moment to recharge, if I may say so.

Also, pausing challenges. It dares us to think of other ways to express those w/c can't be said or, more importantly, those w/c are just beyond words. This, I think is that glory of pauses.

*Pause*

Endings. That's one more thing pauses connote, sadly. So most look at pauses as breaks. Yes, they are breaks but they are not intended to break anything. I would like to think that pausing (e.g. silences) is part of the continuity. Taking a closer look, it comes w/ the hope &, sometimes, promise, that after the pause, something good, or even just plain 'something,' will happen next.

*Pause*