Online Tutorial Write up - 19 May 2010 (con'd)

In the process of me into the role:

 How do I take onto the role,
 Make it believable for myself and to other,
 Projecting into the role (Projection happen – one part is conscious and the other part is unconscious = it is me and it is not me, sometimes when it make one feels alien)
 Engage into the role, live with it.

Reflection on creating my avatar:

I set out creating Shaylee, consciously but it does have a heavy element of my unconscious (after heard what Alex said at our), I have created the unconscious social culture – gender, symbols, and etc.

I choose to set it up in the “fairyland”, I can easily follow others by choosing an avatar that is a superhero. Why? Maybe I was exposed in my teen in reading fairies book, it was kept in my unconscious, and when I have the chance it just came out, to experience the fantasy lives, the beauty, to feel the fantasy freedom of roaming in the fairyland. Now, the test will be how far can or willing to go to explore the inner world.

During my schooldays, I envied all my schoolmates who were in the drama society, every now and then there will be a drama showing. Those days, I was not so brave hearted you see to jump into the wagon, drama society was no-no to my group (we are from the last 2 classes) drama society was only for the ‘Good’ classes. There were no teachers who will encourage us to join. I hope this is not the scenario now in the school, drama does helps a lot for the children.

In this Dramatherapy module I am given an opportunity to play different role or to experience what is like to play another role. The challenge is there will be no script given to us.