and the positive qualities you saw in the character
you most identify with and like. Take some slow,
deep breaths and listen inwardly. Describe how
these attributes or capacities remind you of yourself.
Write down situations you remember when perhaps
you were especially in touch with these qualities or
skills. Do this for every quality you mentioned.
Take the most important points of your
exploration and write them into Quadrant I of your
Self Matrix below.Your Self Matrix:
Qualities or like in dislike
capacities you yourself in yourself
are aware of I IIare not always III IV
fully aware ofStep 2: Acknowledging Perceived and
Real Shortcomings
In Step 2 we will be exploring how our projections on movie
characters can help us learn more about, and therefore cope
better with, the shortcomings of which we are aware.
Confronting these deficiencies may feel uncomfortable at first,
but such a confrontation is inevitable on our path toward heal-
ing and wholeness.
I am using the expression “perceived shortcoming” for
imperfections we see in ourselves because of an overly critical
perspective we may have of ourselves. Such a view can result
from many causes, perhaps from unreasonably high standards
or because somebody has criticized us for a certain behavior or“All the arts we practice
are apprenticeship.
The big art is our life.”
Dick Richards138 E-Motion Picture Magic