Moving Possibilities
If you felt limitless, what would you do? Many of the answers involve social change. Create world peace. Start a school for poor kids. Save the planet. Out my girlfriend.
To make any change manifest, one must first be able to imagine it. That's the essence of the Moving Possibilities project—to provide that kick start to the imagination via a multi-arts exhibit and improvised performances available for traveling to your community.
The project invites people to step out of their habitual ways of seeing their life choices, and to expand their perception of what's possible. Ultimately, we hope that the various paths of inspiration will exhort viewers to take action on behalf of their own dreams, moving from a perceived state of limitation into a place of action and exhilaration. It is in that state of mind that all progress is born.
The Moving Possibilities project is based on a poem Rhonda Morton wrote, which explores how our beliefs and our imaginations can limit us or set us free. During a performance, Rhonda moves improvisationally, back and forth, on a platform that’s ten feet long and three feet wide. She never moves the same way twice—exploring the idea of infinite choice even in a "limiting" situation. Peter Chwazik plays upright bass, also improvisationally.
Meanwhile, a docent gives out broadsides upon which the poem "Moving Possibilities" has been incorporated into a two-dimensional work of art by visual artist Amelia Harnas. In addition, passersby are encouraged to push a button on a tape player to hear a recording of Rhonda reading the poem. Set up on an easel nearby is a flipchart with this question written along the top: "If you felt limitless, what would you do?" Markers are provided for onlookers to write their answers to that question on the flipchart.
We are willing to stage Moving Possibilities anywhere in the world. Please contact us if you are interested.
