Inner Creative State

In her book The Complete Stnaislavski Toolkit Bella Merlin describes the inner creative state as the 'one in which anything is possible, where your sense of play and spontaniety is at your finger tips.  You're so physically relaxed and psychologically warmed-up that you're open to every changing nuance in your fellow actors, your audience and yourself.  In this state you really are listening' (2009:49)

More importantly she stresses that this state can only flourish and develop if the ensemble works hard to engender a CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE - safe, trusting, nurturing.  She quotes Stanislavski (2009:50):
         
              Creative atmosphere is one of the powerful factors in our art and we must
              remember it is extraordinarily difficult to create a working atmosphere. 
              The director is in no position to create it on his own, only the collective can
              create it.  But it can be destroyed unfortunately by any person.

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