Acting - Day 6 - Spiders
Today we were to have memorized a poem. I chose this one:
a noiseless patient spider
i marked how on a little promontory it stood isolated
marked how to explore the vacant vast surroundings
it launched forth filament, filament, filament out of itself
every unreeling them, ever ceaselessly speeding them
And you o my soul, where you stand
surrounded, detached in measureless oceans of space
ceaslessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them
till the bridge you will need be formed, till the ductile anchor hold,
till the gossamer thread you throw catch somewhere
you, oh my soul
I had planned a little choreography to help keep interest in the poem and to help me remember it. Although I had no trouble saying it on my own, I forgot the third or fourth line, and then after that the teacher’s phone rang, the door blew open - there were so many interruptions.
Wow - acting is hard!