The Absolute Creative Space
While devising TRIPTYCH, I experimented with the three planes of existence, their physical location on stage and the "transcending" level of the characters to be able to navigate between these planes. The third plane - THE ABSOLUTE PLANE - was nirvana-like plane , a physical and spiritual plane that only could take place in the safety of the "sacred space" the actors strived to achieve on stage after they themselves had transcended to what I called their ABSOLUTE CHARACTER. The reasoning was that once the actors and the audience left the theater, the protection of this "safe bubble" they had created, would fade and they would - if the experience of the play had been successful - move down to the second plane or THE TRANSCENDED PLANE. Only in THE ABSOLUTE PLANE the actors - if they managed to reach that level of transcendence during their performance - would feel completely free to be themselves and free themselves of limitations imposed both by the outside world and themselves. THE ABSOLUTE CHARACTER is a level of transcendence that very few of us have been able to experience and when we do, it doesn't last too long. A few years back, when working on BECOMING A ROSE, I transcended to my ABSOLUTE CHARACTER and felt all the euphoria and intense mixed feelings that come with it.
Reaching THE ABSOLUTE PLANE on a regular stage is quite difficult because unless you engage the audience you will not be able to move up from the second plane but on a virtual stage - and in a solo show like Becoming a Rose was - it is much easier to create this "safe bubble" or "virtual womb". On a regular stage, the audience is right there with you but in a virtual stage ... you are on your own in this bubble and even if you know people are watching - unless you somehow open communications with the audience - they can't hurt you, judge you or break into your personal pod. In virtual theater, because of the intimacy that this platform provides, more than a regular audience ... the spectators become some sort of voyeurs and not knowing how they are reacting could go from being terrifying to incredible encouraging. It was this element of virtual theater - which I strongly believe to be unique to this language - that inspired me to open up and share a "secret" but "essential" side of me which I only get to let free in the safety of THE ABSOLUTE PLANE.
Like I wrote in my post: Honesty vs. Too Personal and ... now that I think about it ... told my actors repeatedly when rehearsing ... it's not about what you do or say on stage or in front of a camera but "why" you do it that the audience/viewers react to. Sharing with you my ABSOLUTE CHARACTER is important to my transcendence as an artist and as an individual and that's why I have decide to experiment with the idea of recreating THE ABSOLUTE PLANE in this virtual laboratory ... a VIRTUAL ABSOLUTE PLANE ... the ABSOLUTE CREATIVE SPACE.
Someone once told me that I was a "generous artist" ... which might be true but I believe that while I'm perfectly able to create for myself - and value my integrity as an artist more than recognition or fame - I'm a Sensory-Somatic Artist in practice and a Creative Energy Coach at heart. My work is not a statement of my own truth but a mere reflection of your musing energy and a bridge between you and the world.
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