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Not-monologues

…..okay. That was not an appropriate task for me. 

In the pursuit of the art of representing humans, I’ve been learning a lot about how our bodies and minds work. A couple fascinating facts I’ve come across: 

every 10 years, at least 98% of the atoms in our body have been completely replaced. Materially speaking, she who remembers an event from her childhood is not the same being who experienced that event. 

there is a theory that bats hear colors, having evolved to “see” in the dark. Humans, having evolved to be social and relationship-based beings, personify computers and the universe.

our mind has the capacity to simulate happiness, creating positive pathways to an object or concept that was previously indifferent to us. 

….and that’s enough for now. Maybe some day I will begin posting monologues!

Tonight!

For today, I am working on Sophia from HONOR, a play by Joanna Murray-Smith. At the moment of the monologue, 24-year-old Sophia is speaking to Claudia, the 29-year-old aspiring writer/reporter who has begun a relationship with Sophia’s father, sparking the demise of Sophia’s parents’ 32-year marriage.

The Gauntlet

I’m taking a monologue-a-day challenge:

Every morning starting tomorrow, I will pick a monologue to memorize and work on throughout the day. Every evening, I will record this monologue and post it here, for your viewing pleasure. 

For now, Saturdays will be my day off, as I am working in a Greenmarket all day on Saturday so will have no time. I may also observe national holidays—we’ll see, we’ll see…

Wish me luck and come back to see how I do with this!