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“I remember them mainly by their character names…” We were talking about the people we had met over the years at various workshops we had attended before the birth of the Silent Eye and how the assumed persona of their roles overlaid memory.
“I don’t remember ‘my’ name from Alchemy…”
“I do… and I was scared stiff… but when it was my turn to introduce myself as my character, it wasn’t me who stepped forward, but the opera singer…”
It is odd how these things work. Talk about casting against type! Back then, I was quiet, shy, inexperienced and completely lacking in self-confidence… and, as far as I was concerned, couldn’t sing at all. Yet they had cast me as an internationally renowned opera singer; a diva with absolute confidence in her fame and sure of her place in the world. We were poles apart… about…
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Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Ah, you’re such a true goddess, Sue! 🙂 Let it shine! I realized when reading about the taking on of a role, however strange or ‘not us’ and running with it, we are simply giving ourselves permission to be or act a certain way. This mechanism can be utilized any time we choose, we simply must allow ourselves to step into it. Not to be false, but to be more of our true selves.
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We do it all the time, though often they are masks behind which we hide… As with all things, there are two sides to that story and as you say, the technique can be both empowering and revelatory too.
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