Kinesthetic Response
being moved....
Kinesthetic Response.
This is the act of movement, or being moved, in response to someone or something. Kinesthetic, simply meaning your senses are engaged, your physically active in your experience.
A response, the reply.
The ouch to the pinch. The pull to the push.
A true indicator if you are listening, if you are engaged.
This ViewPoint lives in the realm of time, as it can only be experienced in the moment that is happening.
You cannot force or manufacture a true kinesthetic response.
And the beauty of this in acting is you CAN USE EVERYTHING that is happening to you.
Meaning, are you nervous? Put that energy into the moment. Find some way of making that realtime experience as an artist make sense for the world your character is in and use it.
Did someone step on your line? Are you frustrated because they were not listening? USE it, can you let your actual response to not being taken in live inside the words of the script? As opposed to ignoring what is happening within you as a human, can you let it exsist without fighting and turn it into creative kindling?
The most honest thing an actor can do is be present to what is and respond to what is actually happening. Everything else is just tricks. tricks and unneeded effort.
