An active area of inquiry has to do with how our involvement with 2-dimensional media (tv, video games, phones) affects our coordination and our ability to embody 3-dimensional ideas. As I started investigating this, I included myself. I did experience television as a child. How did I interact with the medium when I was small? When I asked myself this question, I laughed. What I remember is that I never sat down to watch television. I stood up and acted it out with the actor on the screen. And my favorite was Annette Funicello. If she wasn’t in the piece, I was watching, I would find someone else to act it out with…and I was always happiest if it was Annette. I moved with her. (I wonder what my siblings thought!) In retrospect, and in celebration of her life, I am grateful that she inspired me to move rather than passively receive my “tv”. I am also constantly grateful that the Alexander Technique provides a tool that helps us make choices about how we interact with the screens of our life.
(For an article on this topic, click the articles tab for the issue of Direction called "Paradigms of Self.)
(For an article on this topic, click the articles tab for the issue of Direction called "Paradigms of Self.)
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