Concentration of Attention

Yippy chapter five! This chapter tackled the concept of the "black hole". Now this doesn't totally register with me because we do not have a stage that creates this "black hole" per say. The concept still rings true though. As an actor you need to have a "point of attention that is not in the auditorium". This is not to say that you can't look out into the audience but then your imagination comes into play because you are not looking out into the audience you are looking at a wall or into a window. Easier said then done. This chapter examines how the pull of the audience is a hard thing to break away from. The concept of the circle of light sounds interesting to me but I'm not sure it would work for me. I'm also not sure how it translates to looking "normal". When I try to think of myself and how I act on a daily bases I don't think that I stare intently at objects, memorizing every detail of them. This has me utterly confused and not sure what message to take home with me from this chapter.