Rainbow of Desire
Many of the gentlemen, as we were looking at scenes to develop for working with youth, kept bringing very personal challenges that they were and are facing in their daily lives. Although these could also be systemic issues, many times a lot of what was stopping them was internal. This led us to begin exploring some Rainbow of Desire work.
Rainbow of Desire is Augusto’s Boal’s therapeutic part of TO. By theatricising the voices in one’s head, and all of the internal conflict that one faces, we are able to more clearly see what is going on and take on some of those voices. In doing so, we clarify the Cops in our Heads. Often times, this work doesn’t have a clear oppressor or rather, we are oppressing ourselves and making ourselves powerless in certain circumstances.
This work is done in an internal workshop setting, with a group that has grown to know and trust each other over a period of some time and with a group that has a common background and experience. We were able to look at some very deep and personal stuff over the course of the year. My hope is that this work leads to some healing and ability to make some different choices or at least have a greater understanding and compassion for self in these circumstances.
In December, the gentlemen of Changing Ways came up with the theme, "Who are you?" through discussion of what it is like to reintegrate into society and family after so many years absence. Particularly, this was resonant around how to be a father when you've been gone so long.
One of the ways we explored the theme "Who are you?" was through body mapping, an exercise that allows one to express what they notice in their body in a nonlinear, nonjudgemental and nonlogical way. Often in the art making process, one might not fully know what is being expressed until it has been expressed and one can step back and look at it.
One of the ways we explored the theme "Who are you?" was through body mapping, an exercise that allows one to express what they notice in their body in a nonlinear, nonjudgemental and nonlogical way. Often in the art making process, one might not fully know what is being expressed until it has been expressed and one can step back and look at it.
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