A Mirror Held to the Flower (1424)

 Three Main Skills:

Understanding the Meaning of Learning:

The “Zen” of artistic learning, that is to say, perfect fluency cannot be imitated, it “is”, developed through & with:

The Real Understanding of Skill:

Dancing & Gestures are external, but Spirit is the essential skill.   However, both represent the Enlightenment of the art and create Balance

The Shallow & The Deep:

The Actors Skill & Aesthetics live on a plane between the General and the Complex and the Rigid and the Flexible.   One must know where they are.

The Realm of Grace:

This is the utmost ‘state of being’ on stage that an Actor should pursue.

Accumulation of Skills:

An Actors Skill is ever Changing, Growing, and Learning.   Failure to do so, subverts the Actors Craft.

Intensity of Mind:

The “Zen” pursuit of an penultimate Focus and the act of ‘Being There’.

Moment of Peerless Charm:

Strive for the Singular moment of Aesthetic Focus & Intensity

Judging the Noh:

Sight     Visual

Sound  Aural

Heart    Emotional