I am no expert on the thinking of Samuel Beckett (above), maybe sometime the light will switch on and I will get it. But I was listening to Robert Wilson speaking on Radio 4 this evening about performing Beckett in Krapp's Last Tape currently at Barbican, London.
I was struck by what Wilson said about acting and what he learnt by meeting Beckett.
It is obvious, but so true, that "learning the steps" and "learning the form" is boring, but only when you "are totally mechanical" do you have the freedom to "fill up the form" and express feeling.
This applies in the visual arts, as well as in music and drama. It is probably true of crafts as well and all skills.But the kind of feeling and expression varies. Complicated. tbc
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