4 Exercises for #ActiveListening

During #auditions, it’s not just about the way #actors deliver their lines. Focused, active #listening, as well as compelling #reactions, make a #performance come alive.

From a director’s perspective, such #attentiveness demonstrates that the actor is consistently #engaged throughout the scene, allowing for quality #reactionshots in the #editingroom, which is essential for creating powerful #scenes #onscreen.

https://castingfrontier.com/blog/blog-4-exercises-for-active-listening

In a happiness survey of French and American women, it was determined that:

1. American women spend more time with their children, but the time is diluted and less enjoyable. French women spend less time with their children, but are immersed in the experience.

2. French women get more enjoyment from meals because they tend to focus on the experience, while American women tend to multitask during meals. #Kahneman #Attentiveness #Focus #Flow

New blog post: "The depth and breadth of kith and kin"
What if we were to listen to our home with the ears of our heart, with the proprioception of our soul? To open ourselves up to a relationship with a particular place.

I'd be interested in your thoughts.

#kith #kin #words #FossilWord #alliteration #etymology #meaning #usage #attention #attentiveness #relationship #home #knowing #dwelling #place #memory #memories #sense #intuition #boundaries
#blog #blogging #post

https://clarebryden.co.uk/the-depth-and-breadth-of-kith-and-kin/