What I Learned In The Second Circle By Patsy Rodenburg

Acting 1 was definitely an adventure. At the beginning of the semester, I didn’t really know what to expect for this course. I wasn’t sure if my grade would be mostly based on class participation or if I had to do a lot of reading. I didn’t know if the assignments we would have would be difficult or easy. I did expect that I would become a better actor by expanding or getting out my comfort zone. That was my goal. I wanted to expand or get out of my comfort zone by becoming a better actor. I didn’t know exactly how this would happen, but that was my objective and goal for this class. Did it happen? Did I achieve my goal? Personally, I believe I did. I definitely improved. Looking back at where I was at the beginning of the semester and where

If I didn’t have to take this class, I don’t know if I would have signed up for it, but I’m glad I did. If I had taken another fine arts class like music appreciation or history of classical music, I don’t think I would have learned very much and those classes wouldn’t have been as engaging as Acting 1. The things I learned in this class will actually help me in the future. One of those things which I learned about is second circle. The Second Circle by Patsy Rodenburg is a great book. I really enjoyed reading it. I love it because being in second circle does not only apply to acting, but to every part of life. When someone is in second circle, they are present. They can actually enjoy what they are doing and they can do it to their best ability. I love being in second circle. I have to admit that I wasn’t in second circle during all my scenes which I performed in during class, but I was in second circle at

I was scared and really shy. I have always felt like people will judge me if I act dumb or if I mess up, even to this day, I sometimes find myself feeling self-conscious. This is because people’s opinions regarding me are very important to me. I have a dependant personality. Relationships are very important. I want people to like me, if they don’t like me it may mean that I’m doing something wrong. Of course I know the false in this thinking, but I still have these thoughts. This is a barrier and a weakness that I have to overcome. I think that people with dependant personalities normally make much better actors because their barrier is much smaller and they don’t care what others think of