Reflection prompt #19

Revisiting the gap between what we know and what we do with what we know.

Oct 22, 2025

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Table with coffee, a muffin, a notebook and a pen

Back in college, I was cast as Dracula in a Spanish-language avant-garde production of Drácula Responde a Sus Críticos (Dracula Responds to His Critics), written by a faculty member of the Spanish School.

All through weeks of rehearsals, there was one scene I could never get quite right. I was supposed to glance under a table while in the middle of a soliloquy, supposedly see a large rat, and leap onto the table in fright. I practiced leaping onto that table countless times, but I couldn’t pull it off fluidly enough to make it believable. I knew what I needed to do, but I couldn’t quite do it. And the more I chewed over how awkward I looked, the harder it seemed to become.

And then, the Halloween weekend opening night was upon me.

Reflection prompt #19

Revisiting the gap between what we know and what we do with what we know.

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