CAT 125: I/Eyegasm in relation to TDAC 1: Introduction to Acting

In addition to this course, I am also taking TDAC 1 at our school, also known as Introduction to Acting.  As this quarter is coming to a close, I am starting to make many connections between these two courses.

CAT 125, as Professor Nericcio has structured it, is very much a course about learning how to explore ourselves and learning how to tell our very own narratives.  The first readings of the course, for example Marshall McLuhan's "The Medium is the Massage" and John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" explores ways and methods to tell our story.  The last few readings of this course, such as Ghost World, Joy of the Desolate, or even Hari Alluri's works are all examples of narratives about the self.  So how does CAT 125 relate to my acting course?

I first made this connection while I was memorizing lines for my final scene that I will have to do.  Of course, I also had to memorize "lines" for my final ignite speech.  The difference between the two is that in essence, my ignite speech was a representation of myself and the story of who I am as a person.  When I am doing my final scene portraying the character CB from the play "Dog Sees God," I am telling the story of someone else.

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The methods that I learn in CAT 125 for telling a narrative, especially those that I used during my Ignite speech can be using in my acting, as well as the reverse: TDAC 1 skills can be used to better tell the story of myself in CAT 125.  For example, one of the skills that we learn in TDAC 1 is being able to identify one's objective, circumstances, and tactics.  Performing this analysis on myself is a good way to dig deeper in my personality, and become better at telling my narrative to others.