Creativity with intention
I'm currently attending acting classes, the course this term is entitled "The Actor's Voice".
In last night's class, the word "intention" was used a number of times, and it's a word and an idea that's come up a lot for me recently from a number of different sources.
In the context of the acting class, the tutor asked us to "think about why you come to this class. What is your intention, what do you hope to get from it?"
When we have clear intentions, we are able to focus more clearly and move more easily towards them. Our internal forces seem to unite in a common direction and with a common purpose and we move forward more swiftly and smoothly.
We also become more attuned to the opportunities that arise for us and know which will take us in the direction we want to go.
Intentions can sometimes be very specific. For example "I want to write 3 chapters of my novel within the next month." Whilst others are more of a directional intention. For example in my acting class, my intention is to become more confident and expressive in using my voice.
There is not necessarily a definitive point I'm expecting to reach, but having that intention somewhere in my mind allows me to constantly be aware of this in the course of the classes and make the exercises more relevant and useful to me.
What in your life do you have clear intentions for? What do you have a strong picture of in your head, about how you'd things to be?
What other things in your life are you unclear about? Areas where you have no clear intentions and maybe you feel you're simply drifting rather than working steadily towards a goal or in a particular direction?
What differences do you notice between the areas where you have a strong intention and those you don't?
Finally, how can you begin to define more specific intentions in those areas you're less clear about?
In last night's class, the word "intention" was used a number of times, and it's a word and an idea that's come up a lot for me recently from a number of different sources.
In the context of the acting class, the tutor asked us to "think about why you come to this class. What is your intention, what do you hope to get from it?"
When we have clear intentions, we are able to focus more clearly and move more easily towards them. Our internal forces seem to unite in a common direction and with a common purpose and we move forward more swiftly and smoothly.
We also become more attuned to the opportunities that arise for us and know which will take us in the direction we want to go.
Intentions can sometimes be very specific. For example "I want to write 3 chapters of my novel within the next month." Whilst others are more of a directional intention. For example in my acting class, my intention is to become more confident and expressive in using my voice.
There is not necessarily a definitive point I'm expecting to reach, but having that intention somewhere in my mind allows me to constantly be aware of this in the course of the classes and make the exercises more relevant and useful to me.
What in your life do you have clear intentions for? What do you have a strong picture of in your head, about how you'd things to be?
What other things in your life are you unclear about? Areas where you have no clear intentions and maybe you feel you're simply drifting rather than working steadily towards a goal or in a particular direction?
What differences do you notice between the areas where you have a strong intention and those you don't?
Finally, how can you begin to define more specific intentions in those areas you're less clear about?
posted by Dan at 7:39 AM
As a Creativity Coach I work with people who are frustrated that their creative talents are underused. 
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