Vulnerability
is the birthplace of
innovation,
creativity and change.
Brene Brown*
Conscious vulnerability entered my
life in 2010 when I took a five-day workshop entitled: Improv:
Expand Yourself Through Laughter.
Essentials of improv include being fully present, focusing on your
scene partner, and responding spontaneously – all of which require
vulnerability. After five days, not only was I laughing, but I was
hooked on breaking through comfort zones by allowing myself to be
vulnerable.
I continued
improv classes at the Southeast Meisner Acting Conservatory. I went
on to study Meisner acting where the foundation of the craft is
vulnerability. Much to my sadness, the Meisner conservatory closed
about a year ago. Thankfully, there are other venues for improv
classes where I continue to strengthen my vulnerability muscle.
Recently, I
enrolled in a stand-up comedy class. After each of our open mic
routines students give feedback to one another. Feedback I receive
acknowledges and honors my courage in allowing myself to be
vulnerable and how connected they feel to me as a result.
With
age, I embrace my vulnerability. Not only in improv, acting and
stand-up, but in all my life. OldBoldandBeauitful.Life is the
perfect example. So much of me is in each blog that goes out over the
internet – talk about emotional risks and vulnerability. Yet, as I
continue to embark on my 7th
decade, each day I feel more authentic and free from the
fears/beliefs that have governed me over a lifetime.
In the words of
Maurice Chevalier from the film Gigi “I'm glad I'm not young
any more.” Here's to old age and conscious vulnerability!
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*Brené
Brown: The power of vulnerability | TED Talk | TED.com
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
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