Liz 4: I
Stanislavsky said, “acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances”. Storytelling is sharing circumstances truthfully. I find the two intersect in the areas designated by Chap 4. If “words are less than 15 percent of what listeners ‘hear’”, then what we communicate nonverbally is intimately entwined with the story. Prof. Burgon’s Acting 220 was the single most important class I’ve ever taken in college. Conducted like a psychologists sessions with patients, we journeyed deep into where the valued stories are hidden discovering the beauty in sharing them, naturally. My journal from the class is the most important storytelling manual I own. I’d love to share some of his techniques some time. He taught us how to create the "mind picture on our internal screen" that would motivate a physical emotional response in our public demeanor. Instead of portraying happiness, we would think of happy things and our face would succumb. Idealogically right in sync with Simmons.

Chapter 4 is now the officially most highlighted chapter in my book, because it’s 85% more valuable than the rest of the book.