POST 5: My future job.

 

When I was a kid and thought about growing up I wanted to be a lot of things: forensic doctor, singer, flight attendant, even one of those people who traveled around the world. I was always changing professions until I got to the theater, a place where you can be all of those things! and that was kind of cool. When I applied to acting school I had to pass a special test. The truth is that I did decide and didn’t have many other alternatives. I also applied to TV acting if I got it wrong, but luckily that didn’t happen. I chose this career because it's something I started doing as a kid and really enjoyed and loved. It really makes me happy and I can't imagine doing anything else.

My experience in school has been intense but gratifying in a lot of ways. I’ve met really amazing teachers and friends with which I have a lot of projects in mind.  When I think about acting I imagine the world that appears on that stage, that unique moment that’s happening besides life outside, like a space where different emotions transcend. Of course theater is very diverse, there is street theater and stage one, but both are characterized by creating a unique and special moment. Looking at the future I want to keep acting,I think it’s what's calling me the most right now and I hope never to stop doing it, even though there are other areas that call my attention but for now I haven’t really experienced them. I would also like to look into teaching, that's something I would really like specially to teenagers. I think theater is a really fundamental source to life and it could help some learning process. Actually right now I’m writing an academic article about that. And of course I want to travel and keep learning, travel a lot and get to know places, theaters, and acting techniques from all around the world.

POST 4: A person I would like to meet.

Hello everyone!

Today I was thinking about a person I’d like to meet… and the truth is that it’s a really complicated question or maybe I’m just not really sure. These couple of days I have had to stay at home, kind of locked in because of the pandemic - one of our acting teachers tested positive to covid- which is another story, but my point is that with a friend we’ve decided to watch all the musical career of a very known singer, and now that I think about it that is the person I would like to meet. Her name is Britney Spears! She is an American singer, dancer, song composer, model, and actress.

The reason I picked her is because she really calls my attention and at the same time it’s an artist who I feel is honest and sincere. When I see her shows, I see an intense woman who wants to show the world what she is capable of, the love and passion she’s got for singing where the lyrics and choreographies are deep constructions of diverse moments of her life that she turned into really cool songs and beats, which people all around the world still listen. Truth be told, I’ve never been to one of her concerts but I’d really like that, I hope one day that dream comes true but for now I’m satisfied by watching them on the web, watching her movies from years past and seeing her as a teenager.

I think that one of the things I admire the most about her is her strength to go forward with life - we all know she’s been through a lot-  she has been sexualized from a very young age to being forced by her father and family to accomplish their obsessions, being this way separated from everyone she loved and forced and exploited as a person just because of the power her father inflicted on her. Besides that she has accomplished being crowned as the Princess of Pop!, winning numerous awards and having performances all over the world. Until today we listen to songs such as “Toxic”, “Baby One More Time”, “Criminal”, “Oooops… I Did It Again”, among others. She has transcended a whole generation and has become a worldwide Icon of pop music and self-improvement for a lot of people.

POST 3: A day to remember.

I’ll always remember that day and wish to relive it. In February, 2019, I travelled to Brazil with one of my best friends from college. We went to take a Seminar about “Lume theater” and stayed there for a while after the course was over, and then we went to this Island called “Ilha Grande '' in Rio. 

I remember it was a wonderful day and we boarded early in the morning. There was a boat that took us there and on the way the person in charge gave us a tour of the marvelous beaches on the way to the Island. We were all day going from beach to beach along the ocean in that little boat, and there was a splendid sun perfect to travel. Important fact, I never really liked to bathe on the ocean, I’ve always been kind of scared of it but that day I did it, I actually did things I never dared before. We bathed in the middle of that blue ocean and swam deep along the fish and octopuses, it was a really unforgettable experience. We also swam in these greeny and bluish crystalline waters, everything was wonderful and marvelous. We crossed from one island  to another just swimming in those warm waters, it was exhausting!  I really swam like never before! 

I remember floating on my back looking at the sky for more than 20 minutes, and just remembering that gives me a lot of peace, so I try to imagine the stressful moments. It was a great day with my friend, just wonderful. We got sunburned and as we say here in Chile ”got red like a lobster” but besides that we didn´t regret anything, we enjoyed every single moment together and we treasure that memory as the last trip before the pandemic. I think that memory is a mental escape from what  happened in our lives then, the isolation and everything. Without doubt I would love to go back there, feel that calm body and soul.

PS: I leave here this lucky post so you’ll never forget to travel <3