The idea is a tricky, sticky one, bound up in conventional beliefs in the 'self' and the sense of concreteness in a statement like "a leopard never changes his spots". Is it possible to change one's personality and if so, how is such a change possible?
There is also alot of frustration contained within this idea of transformation. If one does achieve a drastic change in one's sense of 'Being-in-the-world' to pinch a phrase off Martin Heidegger, there would be an urge to communicate this and one would come up against a certain stubbornness and obstinacy that, although understandable, is something of a challenge to say the least.
So complicity and awareness are crucial to anyone's project of self-transformation or any attempt to deconstruct one's ego in order to find out (as much as is possible) what makes it tick. The issue of self-transformation is an ethical one insofar as a person must engage in this task of their own volition, dependent on their cultural and psychological context.
A blog about the Arts, Consciousness, Personal Growth and Social Change.
Friday, 19 December 2008
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Upcoming Articles and Updates!
Plastic Stage’s UK based website is now being constructed in earnest and I thought it was high time to commence blogging. In the coming days and weeks I will be filling the main site and the Myspace site with information on practitioners (by that I mean directors, actors, writers and companies) that share a passion or have shown an interest in theatre art that aims to transform in some way. The most notable of these, and indeed those which I have studied the most are Antonin Artaud and Augusto Boal. Although linked by the aim of a transformative theatre, their thinking behind this is quite different with Boal seeking to ’rehearse’ political change and Artaud seeking a spiritual change yet still rooted in the body. I also hope to include various articles which are relevant to this issue, along with detailing possible directions for future research!
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