When I’m old and gray…
December 29th, 2007
Acting as a Path to a Spirituality of Compassion
December 29th, 2007
Acting as a Path to a Spirituality of Compassion
by Michael Ian Lomongo, January 22, 2002
I once heard the idea broached whether acting made one a better person. (Betterment of the person is here understood not simply as the improvement of one’s skills, but in the sense of becoming a kinder person.) With a quaint smile, someone replied that she had met a lot of very fine actors whom one would have a hard time calling as fine species of human beings.
Indeed, how can the most vain, narcissistic, and exhibitionistic people qualify for “sainthood” for want of a better term? (Of course, I am here working with the assumption that most, if not all, actors have a great liking for being seen and given applause/approval.)