*puts Kerry's shirt on*

OK, so I came late to class... ahem, door opens in back of room, heads turn, girl throws out a lame excuse and looks for most comfortable chair....

I like Jim's description-- speaks to my thought that drama does not have to be a negative experience (!!!-- the class murmers a collective, eyebrows-raised, "Hmphh!") but certainly must be vivid! Emphatic, striking, something that moves the solar plexus at least ever so slightly off it's axis, i.e. when you meet that new hottie, and you stay up all night talking, drinking beer and shots of whiskey to the tune of your guts flip-flopping until the first kiss turns into the first, amazing sexual encounter and you are ecstatic, is that not drama??

I know I'm late, and I've gleaned that the tone of the drama we are going to look at together is rife with conflict... and that's OK, cuz we all handle the good drama a lot easier... but you know, can't drag all drama through the wringer, someone has to stick up for it!

One more point, and then I'll be happy to talk about difficult drama that stems from people who are set on different vibrations getting their wires crossed, and almost always there's someone not respecting boundaries--

---some drama comes from within. Humans have the ability to self-initiate drama. What's drama for one is not necessarily drama for another, and from what I've seen the ones who "give" drama to others give it to themselves just as much-- i.e. spilling a hot cup of tea on yourself and half your bed when dozing off with a good book in your hand might mean for some a big production-- a shower and change of clothes, putting the sheets in the wash and remaking the bed, feeling too put out to go back to sleep and an anxiety-ridden phone call to a friend to vent in the middle of the night-- OR, stripping off the wet clothes, rolling over to the other side of the bed, giggling at the oozy warm feeling of chammomile between your legs, and a night of peaceful rest.

Good night and good luck!
Susan

Excellent posts from all so far.......please be patient , as you can see more of the class is still arriving. * No, Kerry you cannot take your .......oh my thats an interesting tattoo" errrrrr ....Right anyway

Good to hear from Jim : )

I am intrigued by the thought that *Drama is proof of the existence of hope and desire* from Kerry, what do you folks think?
Please extrapolate.

Also; Is drama a by-product?

In other words , does it stem from something else? or is it born of its own accord! what are the catalysts, situations that create it?

What ingredients are necessary?

Erik.......are you awake? Johay......put that thing out !

Class! this exuberant and loquacious young man that just burst through the door with arms outstretched while jabbering away is Tranceplant (glad you could make it : ) )

wow good stuff their lad.....livin the dream eh

So interesting thing I've thought about it this... I think people get off watching "drama" onstage or in film or on tv because then they can get a fix - or a shot of drama in their lives without actually having to go through it themselves... in this way, drama as entertainment can be incredibly theraputic as an outlet for our inner drama queens. Hence the craze over reality tv I guess.

Class.... that was Shoshanna......(she looks up , stops her pace of encircling the room) please come sit up front here : ) (she picks the front western most desk , climbs atop and squats cross-legged on it, dress quickly poofing out and floating subtley down over her legs and the edges of the desk top).

A fine poet, performer, and young woman.......*with a fine ass to boot*......AHemmm, right where was I !?

Conflict! Extremes! Emotion!

Drama is Proof!........ that we exist! you say !
Drama is the by-product of the interaction of opposites you say!
Therefore admitting that one cannot exist without the other!
Night and Day
Joy and Sadnesss
experiencing pain and adminstering it....(sternly !?)
Dreams and Reality
Chaos and Peace
Dischord and Harmony

Drama is the flow from one end to the other, nothing is constant you say?

Does drama prove that?....that nothing is constant? eventually everything changes....drifts in one direction or the other?

See next topic!

Johay! get out from under Shoshanna's desk!