It is amazing the inspiration you get from beautiful imagery.
Even from beautiful lyrics, or those spoken or written in a novel.

Words can be so powerful, but they have to be said in the right context, with the right inflections and tone.

Expressing ones emotions in the written word has always been something that has intregued me.

As an actor, finding the meanings in the words and where to emphasise the emotions can either make or break the tension and make a performance successful.

I recently had a bit of insite into this process when I stood in for an audition for a part that I was also going for.

The person who was auditioning for the part played the character with a literal representation. In other words they did not look at the subtext, nor look for the mood of the whole play and see that there was much more depth for the character.

I sometimes feel that i have tapped into this creative steak of mine just at the right time, although I do worry where it would be leading to. For the moment I try to focus on where it currently has me at the moment, but there is always that niggling thought of where it will take me.

I don't leave things up to fate too well at times and I feel that I need to take control of the direction when I have the chance.

In looking at where I am now though, life is pretty good. Maybe when you get older you realise just what you are able to do and you are not as affraid of trying new things and experiencing as much as you can.

Or is it a matter of making that you philosophy and therefore you convince yourself that you have to experience new things to make yourself feel as though you are progressing?