Largely, by use of the chakras, meridians or simply body feelings, guidance can be achieved as long as there is personal body recognition, combined with ongoing health."The frontier that the screen and the stage provide is fascinating to me purely because of the 'dive in there and do it attitude' as well as the mirroring process or the number of subtle and non subtle juxtapositions". Albert has been trained for over twelve years at the Armidale School of youth Drama as well as Actors' Centre, Sydney, numerous workshops and The Actors' Gym in Brisbane.

An example
"Up until recently, culturally, the country music line dancer was somewhat set apart from activities and any mind set pursued by a shy Tao master from Taiwan. They most probably have both washed up and they have most probably both line danced to some degree". Albert's area of study within yoga regimes has included the hypothesis that an atmic force for the volition-lever, (where the mind perceives an availablility of something to be done), origin or will of the breath is more likely to be in the throat (vishudhi chakra) region for the line dancer when performing the simple action of taking a step to the right, while being lower down, in the tail bone (swadhisthan chakra) region in the Tao master. Where there is an opposite or opposing personality detected or realised by the individual, there is scope for growth and fortunately, in the current day at least some feeling of social challenge. The electrons, if not the smaller quarks and messenger particles of the body, at cellular level, are in a dramatic interplay from moment to moment, and to at least acknowledge or actively feel the energy (or prana or chi) associated with this interplay is important for psychology. An equally important area of focus and entertainment from both the dancer and the practitioner is the caption that might describe each practitioners' look or countennance. In either case, before the step to the right, the caption might be "I'm standing (and or but) looking". In other words, 'ready to be a little bit alert; while in the standing position'.
The Laban gesture work that Albie has incorporated in his personal study recently is central in its theory-impetus to this type of analogy. 'Gestures theory, especially mixed with psychophysiology will always be of fascination to me.'
This has important implications for energy use within the body along with resulting elements within the whole psyche and ultimately verbal and facial expression. "I ask further what the Taiwanese country music singer would be like taking on a different spiritual routine". Whatever happens, as the Zen and Tao masters have said and in Albert's view, there is importance in realising that sometimes we need to be a little bit silly. Standard and accepted communication within Christianity as well as the play on the ridiculous are readily integrated with these.
Whichever belief one is a part of, the dynamics of gesture have been mastered, are able to be expressed and/or are able to be taught.
By the above Tao/Zen attitude, they usually mean that to put aside any tendency towards fostering the mundane is something to aim at. It is realised here, that even aside from the actions of washing up and line dancing, a yoga or movement or chanting routine may well be kept up by both the line dancer and the Tao master and the washer-upper. Hopefully a 'mundane' feeling will not be entertained too often by any of these activities. The Gyan yogic guru Prem Rawat has famously said "the (universe) within is never ever boring"

The outer universe here speaks of a cultural integration in the form of a drama, which results in entertainment. Also the outer universe has many phenomena that are characterised by a special dynamism if not a magic where the 'mental map' is of concern. Ensuring a purity here is of crucial importance for the purposes of maintaining adept levels of vision. It is remarkable to find that with any affirmative decision (indeed, often associated with an important small amount of success), to do a creative task of any sort, there is a rising warm feeling within the body. Often separate to this and inevitably, the final product of acting or completing a piece of visual art is a form of devotion which may be refined, repeated or built upon.
The interplay of personalities, given the huge storehouse of acting scripts available makes for a very colourful society whose will is driven by the subtle touches of truths and emotions within the human form. The use of reiki and exploring into the areas of yogic devotion are remarkable as obvious areas of healing, insight, interplay and roleplay. Chi is ongoing, never ending as the grounding for health, everyday life as well as artistic expression. The ancient technique of reiki (also called 'Lian Chi' by East Asian mystics or practitioners) encompasses a huge area of energetic hands on as well as hands off chi therapy, as well as yogic integrated self practices which very often include practices of invocation, visualisations, and discovery or evoking of truths and emotions. The studies of how the psyche as well as mental map are determined and how it expresses and is nurtured are wide open within this psychology. Laban Movement Analysis, with considerable psycho-physiology is now a central part of Albert's gestures work or impetus for success in the acting profession.

The fact that the Tao is unexplainable has the immediate corellation with the variety of areas of focus available to the audience in any situation of theatre or film. On the side of the creator or performer within the dramatic arts, the huge diversity of language is the unexplainable Tao.
A more recent discovery by Albert Hempel in the area of emotional accessing is that emotions which are available to the actual acting process are likely to take any perceivable shape. Also as part of this there is the all important 'favourable' or 'non favourable' emotion, in amongst moods and representations of externalities of different types that make the acting or creative process an even more beautiful challenge. Further to this is an ultimate aspect to the actor's psyche which might be described as 'golden areas', where there are important places where we can 'dwell', for templating a favoured or divine area of psyche.These are areas of the body that are immediately in use where there are the necessary gestures involved in forming or portraying a character. Yoga (particularly gyan yoga, or yoga of knowlege) and reiki, at least from Albert's experience, help this later process.

Peripheral pursuits activities here might be Mental Maps, Alpha Dynamics or Extra-Sensory Development.

Where the yoga practitioner is concerned, there is readily an 'incorporatedness' which can occur, enabling a recognition of the dramatic arts perhaps being seen as a final stage (samadhi) in the eight limbs of raja yoga. Inner nature and outer nature here combine to form a true nature. Albert has found that an active love and care for external earthly nature is important here. Much is to be said for the physicalities involved with hoeing out weeds, washing up, recycling rubbish and/or simply tapping in to sign an online petition.

Albert grew up in northern NSW, Australia. He has been involved with numerous mediums of artistic performance and has emerged with 'pleasant turbulence' into creative and holistic - health life. Overseas (UK, S.E. Asia, North America and Europe) work experience and study, strong connections with the natural environment and re-entering the acting world are recent life features. He is involved with classical or Prem or Gyan Yoga, mostly on Australia's East Coast.

Waiting in the wings during shooting of 'Masque of the Red Death', UTS, 2006

'Obsessions' advertisement by APA Film School, 2006

The following pages contain at least thumbnails of some of the paintings that were on display at TAP Gallery in 2004.

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