Summary Of Emotion's Alchemy By Genevieve Wanucha

Emotion’s Alchemy by Genevieve Wanucha Literary Response

Genevieve Wanucha introduces her article Emotions Alchemy by painting a mind blowing image of the process in which we begin to laugh. Wanucha dove right in describing the physical motions of laughter starting with the movement of our cheek bones and the way our eyes begin to squint as the corners of our mouth moves back and upwards; this vivid imagery immediately grabbed my attention and persuaded me to read on. “Laughing and crying, being live demonstrations of emotion and its social expression, provide new entryways into the tangled pathways of the brain.” I believe this quote to be Wanuchas’ thesis; she provides excellent examples of psychological studies to support this statement. The author descriptive style of writing helps the everyday reader understand how trauma can involuntarily impact our abilities to show emotions in contrast to voluntarily having control over expressing emotions.
The first patient examined in the article was a 51 year

This was a compelling contrast to those who had absolutely no control over their emotions with PLC. Wanucha uses acting as an example of people being able to control their emotions her first example was an actress names Sheila Dona, she played Rizzo in the infamous production Grease. This was Dona’s first time ever attempting to cry on stage for a role. Sheila said “I knew I wanted to cry on a specific scene” therefore she taught herself to tap into an emotional place to cry on cue. She used a process called Method Acting to tap into the pathways of her brain responsible for generating tears. These teachings are truly compelling because it enables someone to tap into their emotions and conjure up feeling to convince an audience of their true