And So Mime Be He.

To Mime, is to interact without Speech, and without Voice. Communication, by non-verbal means.

The Mime fills the space around him/her with his/her radiant Lifeforce, and makes himself/herself Vulnerable before his/her Subjects, or Audience, by the exaggeration his/her own insecurities and vulnerabilities for comedic effect. Vulnerabilities thus exposed, the Subjects and/or Audience of the Mime, out of Curiosity, are drawn ever closer to the Mime, and the physical space immediately around the Mime, becomes,...Center Stage.

The Mime exposes his/her own vulnerabilities, and that in turn, will siphon forth the insecurities and vulnerabilities of the Subjects and Audience. With decreasing physical proximity between the Mime and the Subjects, the parties involved will grow ever more exposed, and more vulnerable before each other.

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A skilled Mime is able to pull the strings of his/her Subjects, and control them as if they are Puppets. Super-exposed, but still confident and in full control of the space around himself/herself, even for submissive or trailing miming roles. That is the mark, of a good Mime.

My greatest insecurity/vulnerability, has always been Human Touch, due to various long-standing Psychological Traumas. So, as a means to overcome my lingering Aversion To Touch, I started to Mime with others, first watching from afar, and then nudging progressively closer over many years of practice. This progression, in turn, compelled me to start writing Erotic Literature. And so, now my Writing, and my Theatrics, work in synergy with each other.

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I was psychologically rewired as a Non-Civilian in The Middle East, to be Abrasive, Caustic, Unapproachable. All in the name of Self-Preservation and Survival, of course. Because The Non-Civilian World is governed by stark Absolutes - Life, Death, Success, Failure. So, when I returned to The Civilian World, I had to reintegrate, and learn how to become close and intimate with those around me, in all of those important ways, without giving in to my Training, and scorching the very hands that I desired to hold and bring closer.

Miming has helped me immensely, to reintegrate and re-teach myself. And, to pluck my Subjects out of their respective Comfort Zones whilst myself fully Vulnerable, is for me a most amazing, soothing, and empowering feeling.