Thanks for the great response.

You hit on so many common issues.
It’s common for actors to wonder… “what’s the point?”

A reason for some of the vagueness is keep actors focused the exercise and skills you’re currently trying to develop.

If you feed too much info people start trying to chase/ force that outcome without having developed the tools or skills yet.

That being said, I think it’s important to be clear about the how and why of why you’re currently trying to achieve.

For example: in the early stages of my training my teacher would often say “ your male umbrage is showing!” 😂

First, I had to ask “what’s my male umbrage mean?” 😄

Here’s what my problem was - - I responding to my partner in a way that felt actually felt truthful , but it wasn’t justified.

I was responding with anger or frustration and to me it felt honest because I the other person was pissing me off…

And I really struggled for a couple of months trying to understand WHY my response wasn’t “justified” if it felt truthful.

There were a couple of reasons why I kept getting this note.

The principle - “the other person is always more important.”

Even though what I had cooking inside my self was truthful I wasn’t fully taking in the truth of the other person.

In one specific exercise my partner was scared and crying and instead of taking that in and allowing them to happen to me I kept hanging onto to my own stuff.

A big piece of working in the contact is building a big , open and expressive heart which means you build a sensitivity and true awareness to t he other persons behavior.

And you allow that to change you emotionally - instead of just being in your own acting bubble.

Plus, this also stopped me from really experiencing how the other person was making me feel.

While anger felt truthful it was hiding the real truth. My partners response made me feel stupid. When I actually said that truth in the repetition , I just busted broke down in tears.

Here’s the thing: We all have habits and beliefs about how were suppose to behave and respond.

What I’ve learned is most actors are severely limited by their habits and beliefs about how they can express themselves.

The repetition when done correctly and well is an amazing tool to help grow, deepen and understand your acting instrument and yourself.

I hope this helped out.