Its title, "Subtle Bodies" — which refers to people's "true interior selves," whatever that means — is a perfect predictor of the novel's solipsistic tone.
Tiffany's great gift as a director is to externalize the characters' interior selves without making it look theatrical or overexposed.
But there is no Madame present to tell the sisters how to behave or whom to dress, so they costume one another in clothes, language, and behavior that comes from their interior selves — which have been twisted by lives in service, unfulfilled desire, and the habit of measuring themselves against other women.
Her 2009 production "Circle Mirror Transformation" takes place in a community acting class, in which five budding actors participate in exercises that illuminate elements of their interior selves.
Takal creates tremendous discomfort simply by letting the camera linger on long, close shots of the two women, forcing viewers to watch as flickers of longing, admiration, jealousy, and hurt ripple across their faces, betraying their interior selves to the other.
Ultimately the mandala depicts not only the cosmos or the Dharma as object but also one's own interior self in meditation as one interiorizes it or as one visualizes it within.
In the past, most of our interior monologues were about self-interest.
"You're quite aware of the fact that we're black — that's why we're not asked to present that in our performance, where the white actors can bring whatever history and interior self-knowledge they have into a rehearsal process and into the making of character".
Advanced intimacy involves inviting your partner "in" to your most interior self.
Her personality, her interior self are hidden behind a wall of evasion.
