{"id":2002,"date":"2022-08-13T08:45:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T21:03:38","slug":"the-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/08\/13\/the-method\/","title":{"rendered":"The Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a pro,
\nand maybe I\u2019ve
\nmisconstrued,<\/p>\n

but I understand
\nthere\u2019s a Method
\nof acting wherein
\nthe actor becomes
\nthe character
\nthey\u2019ve chosen to
\ninhabit.<\/p>\n

That sounds
\nexhilirating!
\nPerhaps for
\nmy next
\nperformance
\nI\u2019ll become
\na man who
\nmows his lawn
\non schedule and
\nis handy with a
\nhammer and
\npower saw,
\na man who prefers
\na tent and campfire to
\na slightly shabby
\nB&B overlooking
\nBourbon Street.<\/p>\n

But not this time around.<\/p>\n

Whether I audition
\nfor the part of a
\nsexy singer-songwriter,
\nor get to play
\nquarterback,
\nor CEO,
\nor prima ballerina,<\/p>\n

I will live the part,
\nyet<\/p>\n

I will remember,
\nas the sun rises,
\nand I\u2019m getting into
\ncostume,<\/p>\n

that my Method
\nmust embrace
\nmy Soul,
\nthe One that is
\nforever beloved
\nby The Love that
\napplauds that
\nI Am.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Laura Marques; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Method I\u2019m not a pro, and maybe I\u2019ve misconstrued, but I understand there\u2019s a Method of acting wherein the actor becomes the character they\u2019ve chosen to inhabit. That sounds exhilirating! Perhaps for my next performance I\u2019ll become a man who mows his lawn on schedule and is handy with a hammer and power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t