Paul, I enjoy your perspective. Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis is about emotions occuring in a repeatable pattern (oversimplified) so that we can identify what emotions we are having to ascribe meaning to situations. We can't separate our sensations from our emotions. Nevertheless, I find starting with physical motion to help investigate a scene more reliable because it's repeatable. As actors, we have to be able to repeat what we're doing to tell the story in mostly the same way. What we can't do is preconceive exactly how emotionally full we will be at each performance.
Totally agree—the body knows first. Big fan of Damasio. But I also like Feldman-Barrett and her take that emotions are all constructed and that our behavior is predictive. Acting is predicting!
Paul, I enjoy your perspective. Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis is about emotions occuring in a repeatable pattern (oversimplified) so that we can identify what emotions we are having to ascribe meaning to situations. We can't separate our sensations from our emotions. Nevertheless, I find starting with physical motion to help investigate a scene more reliable because it's repeatable. As actors, we have to be able to repeat what we're doing to tell the story in mostly the same way. What we can't do is preconceive exactly how emotionally full we will be at each performance.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Totally agree—the body knows first. Big fan of Damasio. But I also like Feldman-Barrett and her take that emotions are all constructed and that our behavior is predictive. Acting is predicting!