To achieve a working state of intimacy as actors we need to be confident in taking energetic risks, engaging at a level where the discomfort of the unknown and the uncertain, pulse through us as creative necessity. Intimacy at an energetic and craft level can be defined as: 'the lived experience' of true human connection: a conscious choice to integrate with a partner or partners who are in touch with and are connecting to now, in this moment. It is a preparedness to be open to others. To be truly open requires complete generosity and complete receptivity. In this state the controlling mind is released and the spontaneous mind is activated. It can be said that the magic of one actor's performance lies in the other's performance. Through the surrender of the aspect of ego that desires for 'rightness' or 'correctness' the working state of intimacy leads actors to the experience of being in complete reaction to the other. A working state of intimacy is an act of unconditional generosity: each actor uttering - "I am for you"
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