Published on July 18th 2012
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As a little girl all I knew was performance. Then one day I became
old enough to be self aware. This is when the anxiety and insecurities
rushed in. I withdrew from not only performance but from people as well.
I allowed myself to close up and not immediately show who I am because
of fear of judgement. This unfortunately lasted many years. It hasn't
been until my experiences at Bunker Hill Community College where I was
able to find confidence in who I am and embrace my personality. This new
found confidence and acceptance along with the recent inspiration from
Tom Hiddleston's acting has repositioned me back on path towards
performing once again.
I have always been in love with the idea of
bringing a character to life. Being able to temporarily live a
different existence and channel those emotions and experiences from
within in order to project them to tell a story and affect an audience
has always fulfilled me. I want to make people feel and I want to make
people think.
Tom Hiddleston said it best during an interview with
BBC Breakfast "As an actor what you'll do is with each character you're
revealing different facets of yourself and I think all of us have the
capacity to inhabit every extremity of the human condition." Amen to
that.
I have been away from my art for so long that it will take
time and practice before I start heading to "real" auditions again. Like
with any form of art you must use it or you will slowly start to lose
it. I need to rebuild what I have lost and continue to build on top of
that.
Thank you Bunker Hill for the quality people you house and
for the opportunities and services you offer to students. Thank you to
all I have met at Bunker Hill and for inspiring me, supporting me, and
changing my life. Thank you to Ryan, my boyfriend, who loves and
supports me unconditionally no matter what I want to do with my life.
And thank you Tom Hiddleston for catching my eye in the movie Thor which
lead me to seek out other films you have been in. Watching how you can
portray emotions vocally, physically, and internally have reignited the
flame within to do the same thing.
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