http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/shouldnt-you-be-fatter_b_1474908.html
Recently, I ran across this wonderful article and it got wheels in my head turning... What would our world look like if more people gave opera a chance? I'd like to think it would be all rainbows and lollipops, which is unfortunately not true, as there are many performers who even themselves don't learn the lessons taught by the stories they enact. However, I do think people who live in their heads might build some emotional intelligence. This is something art, and music in particular, has taught me, for which I am truly grateful. Music has made me more aware and accepting of my feelings.
My voice teacher recently gave me the assignment to emote and be more aware of my feelings. During that week, I learned that I am much more comfortable showing how I feel to my family and friends than to strangers and that, even with family and friends, it is easier for me to show positive emotions than display or express negative ones.
Why? I think we are better at glossing over the negative things than ever and maybe that's why "feelings" have gained such a negative connotation, because we just simply don't want to deal with them. I realize this is a huge generalization, but I think maybe that's why as Rivera observes "most people don't think of opera singers as people they can relate to." The best singers I have ever encountered are those who have absolutely no pretense about them and are also people who absorb other's emotions like a sponge. I wonder if this makes some people uncomfortable, having someone around who has accepted that it is ok to not always be ok. Just my 2 cents...
I'm headed to Wagner's Ring Cycle at the movie theatre here in Park City. Looking forward to this epicness!!
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