Spoken Word

I'm in an acting class, the highest 'level' acting class my school holds. Some take it because they hear it’s an easy class there not much you need to do, some just needed a visual performing art, there are few who love to sing and perform, love the written word, love contemporary, classical, dramatic and comedic theater. The class if filled with kids with all different opinions, different views. Some days in this class we are given time to find and prepare a piece we have fallen in love with, sadly few tend to do the assignment. In a class filled with students that you would believe want to learn about acting, would jump at the free time to work on a piece of their chose. Some students in this class are very loud and can voice their opinions with no hesitation, and then there are the students that fear getting up on that stage they fear sharing what they think, but have so much to say. The bell rang like normal and we all took our seats. Our teacher walked in and said let's all talk, let’s have a debate, everyone is safe, everyone speak up. On what subject can you get all students to talk about, to relate to? School. For two hours this conversation went on. With student I've never heard speak stand up and fight for their beliefs. For two hours I sat in amazement as I heard students from freshmen to senior, fourteen to eighteen give there thought about our education system, about our schooling. Some believed strongly our school system is perfect, others thought the complete opposite.

 Yesterday I was searching spoken word on YouTube and this video came up. After watching it a few times I thought I would share it with you, if you really listen to it, it's truly something beautiful. The message he is delivering was my side of the debate in class that day. 

On a side note, related to the above about my passion for theater, I am in a play The Diviners that has a truly incredible story. Everyone in the cast are really amazing actors and have embraced there characters, and have become them even sometimes off the stage. The play takes place in the 1930 in Zion Indian. It’s about a boy who’s mom drowned saving him as a child, the boy never reached full mental capacity and only knows water as bad. When he gets sick and the only way to cure him is to wash him, he has to learn how to overcome he fear. Please make reservation and come see the show you will not be sorry.

  http://tpplayers.com/reservations.shtml

"And like a slate wiped clean or a fever washed away where there was fire to the sky now there's nothing. Where there was clouds there's just blue and the sun."

-The Diviners 

          "Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there."

           - Good Will Hunting