Silent Noise #6...

Wow! That's really all I can say after seeing Gregg mime. He's amazing. When he mimes he makes it look so easy, which I know now first hand that mime is anything but. Now, Gregg didn't just create that "illusion", he did more than that. He made the illusion truly appear. The objects he was creating where actually visible. It was unbelievable.  While he was performing all of our jaws just dropped, we where all so amazed, it was very inspiring. Even though friday will be our last day with Gregg, I've decided it will not be my last day with mime. After seeing what years of practice and hard work can bring, how could I possibly give up now?

Silent Noise #5...

We did some more work on our final project. The whole metamorphosis thing is harder than I would've expected. I mean, I expected mime to be hard, but I never really thought about the actual creating of the mime. Mime, like dance, needs to be choreographed, and like a script it needs to be written. But in many ways it's a whole lot harder than simply choreographing or writing. There's so many more factors that come into play. When you are choreographing a dance the movement is symbolically representing something, so it's okay if your audience is a little confused because it's completely open for interpretation. And in a script, there are words that are spoken, so you have the visual and the audio to help you to understand it. But with mime, there is no speaking, and the movement is directly imitating an action that people experience in everyday life. That's why it's so hard. It's so simple, but yet so specific. It's definitely a challenge, but I'm loving every minute of it.

Silent Noise #4...

In our third class with Gregg we began to talk about our final project. It's all going to revolve around "ritual"; from hallow to meaningful, we are going to try and incorporate it all. It's going to be a metamorphosis, which is when something seems to be one thing, but then it turns out to be something else entirely. Gregg showed us some examples of this, and it's amazing, it's almost like magic the way it transforms right in front of your eyes. I still can't get over the whole illusion mime creates. It's all make believe but yet so real. It's this out of body experience that is sort of impossible to explain. It's so weird, but so cool. 

Silent Noise #3...

It's pretty amazing how much better I've gotten after only two classes with Gregg. On friday, he taught us "the robot". When I looked in the mirror I didn't even recognize myself. I didn't look human, I actually looked like a machine. It really freaked me out. What I am loving about mime is the fact that it's all an illusion, and even though you're creating the illusion, you still fall for the illusion. It's the strangest thing. Like, when I go to take a drink form my "glass" at the "bar", I'm surprised when nothing pours out. Mime is this whole world that is entirely make believe, but at the same time, seems more real than the one I live in. 

Silent Noise #2...

We had our first workshop with Gregg on tuesday. He is amazing; It was amazing. Mime is obviously extremely hard, but Gregg is such a good teacher that I was able to get the hang of things, well at least the basics. I also think being a dancer makes it a little easier, because if you think about it, mime is dancing. There's technique, choreography, and it's all about expressing emotion with your body. But the thing that makes mime unique is it's invisible. It reminds me of the "holy" chapter of the empty space. It's all about making the invisible visible. With mime, you create your own world, and it can be anything you want it to be.