DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY

All the atoms and light in the universe together make up less than 5% of the total contents of the cosmos. The rest is composed of the invisible forces of dark matter and dark energy.

WOW!!

If you have read my Substacks, you will know that I love to take something random and apply it to the world of acting and directing. Bird Bones; Lighthouses; Gardens; the Japanese concept of Kinsugi ... I hope all these articles reflect light from the real world back onto your work as an artist, allowing you to look at your work anew.

So let's take a look at Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the world of cosmology... and how this idea can ignite brilliance in your work.

THE TWO ALBERTS

Science is something that illuminates all sorts of aspects of our craft. It is no surprise that a good relationship between actors is called chemistry!

Chemistry is what we call the energy actors share. I often talk about the space between actors. In Samoan culture, the space between us is called Le Vā. Poet Albert Wendt calls this

"... the between-ness, not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates...".

And in the scientific world of physics, another Albert — Albert Einstein— also h…