Self-Portrait by Diane Frymire ©2010
"She had the kind of radical confidence about her own highly personal expression that people acquire when they understand that performance is not about getting your act together, but about opening up to the energy of the audience and of the music, and letting it sing in your unique voice."
The Art of Possibility, Zander, (2005)
During my time at Full Sail, I have been learning about my 'own highly personal expression'. Before entering this program, I thought I had to have my 'act together'. Since I knew that so much of my act was blurry, I was rather stuck in the hamster-wheel made up of the lower levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Need. Survival was my major goal.
When life is out-of -focus, its easy to run into things and get bruised. When that blurriness is embraced, a whole new kaleidoscope of experience and thinking is opened. When my students' lives are blurry, I can identify and help them see they are not alone. Many people are confused.
Through media and technology, I have been given an opportunity to shine in new ways. I have found a way to express the pain of my mother's Alzheimer's and my father's untimely death. I have found a place where there is an audience whose energy makes my unique voice worth expressing...even if I still feel blurry.
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