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Sonya Cooke
Sep 28, 201424 min read
PILLAR NUMBER FOUR: EMOTIONAL LIFE
The Fourth Pillar, Emotional Life, is the heart of the system. Like a heart, it is the most integral and elaborate of systems, requiring...
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Sonya Cooke
Sep 15, 20146 min read
Pillar Number Three : Meaning
The magical thing about human nature is that the same event can happen to two people and it will be received and responded to...
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Sonya Cooke
Apr 15, 201417 min read
PILLAR #2: CIRCUMSTANCE
BUILDING A STRUCTURE “If you build it, he will come.” ---Field of Dreams If Contact is the foundation, then Circumstances are the walls...
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Sonya Cooke
Jan 20, 20146 min read
CONTACT: THE FIRST PILLAR
My students' constant requests to read more about The Seven Pillars of Acting Technique, is now answered! Over the next several weeks, I...
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Sonya Cooke
Dec 9, 20134 min read
I DON'T KNOW...
"The purpose of Art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by answers." ---James Baldwin “I don’t know,” can be a powerful...
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Sonya Cooke
Dec 2, 20135 min read
HOW TO TALK TO A WALL
It's sad, but true that very often your working relationship with your scene partner is not productive, pleasant, creative, or enjoyable....
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Sonya Cooke
Nov 25, 20134 min read
WHERE IS THE LOVE?
My first acting coach, Jo Spiller, who began training me when I was sixteen, taught me many incredible lessons. I owe a large part of my...
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Sonya Cooke
Nov 17, 20133 min read
IMAGINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;—...
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Sonya Cooke
Nov 10, 20134 min read
MORE ON THE TRUTH...PUT A LID ON IT
We are not all that honest. Consider your life: How often are you fully candid about how you feel? Are you aware of how you edit your...
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Sonya Cooke
Nov 4, 20133 min read
THE TRUTH WILL COST YOU
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” ---James A. Garfield Being truthful is an action. Truth demands...
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Sonya Cooke
Oct 26, 20134 min read
PACK LIGHT
When you are about to perform or audition, pack light. Unburden your brain with the extraneous self-directions we often give ourselves in...
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Sonya Cooke
Oct 13, 20134 min read
THE PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE
When crafting a role, take The Path of Most Resistance. Yes. The more imposing the obstacle, the more provocative the circumstance, the...
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