The word RAGE confused the organizer.

Painted Rage. Throwing paint at a backdrop can just be good clean fun.

So, a little story... My spouse and I started The Rage Room- York this summer. We've seen the rage. We've seen the need. We're hoping to fill that need. 

But we're not a traditional rage room in 3 important ways. First, we allow all ages and abilities to rage. We have age-appropriate activities and we have a whole lot of fun with our youngest Ragers (clients/guests).

Two, though a lot of people focus on a Rage Room being a place to destroy things, we're also an art space where we expect things to be created. Some will be created and destroyed just as quickly. Some things will be made from other things. We intend to embrace community and be a creative outlet as well as a tension-relieving one. 

Third, we believe people do not have to be angry to enjoy a good rage. Like breaking a piñata at a party, Raging is just good healthy fun. 

We aren't keen on the stereotypical drunk male Rager. Some kids see enough of that at home, and although we don't oppose men participating, we hope that everyone sees HEALTHY Raging. We want to PHYSICALLY empower women and children. We want them to have a visual reference for how strong they really are, and what they can do. 

But we also want people to be able to go out and have fun.   

The picture I sent before was of Painted Rage -- a young person threw paint at a piece of paper attached to a canvas. We offer this activity at events where a lot of people are coming individually to experience throwing squishy reusable water balloons filled with paint. But we have a slightly different vision for the picnic.

We want to set up the material (the blank canvas) and let everyone splatter paint onto it with the reusable water balloons. The paint and everything we use is washable, but we also have protective gear if someone doesn't want to get paint on themselves. 

Here's the kicker -- then we want to let everyone cut out a piece of the painted canvas to take home with them. And what I want to be able to share is this:

When we come together, we all bring our past lives, experiences, hurts to the place where we all gather. We all leave our mark. We can't help but be influenced by each other. What we can hope is that those influences are ultimately positive, which I feel our group specifically embodies. When we take pieces from the painted canvas, we show that the world will notice our absence. We do leave a mark when we stay and when we go. And when we show our pieces to others, we share what the group is doing and making and creating. And maybe one day, we bring those pieces back together and fill some of the gaps. Maybe we never do. Maybe we can't. And isn't that so very much life?

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The organizer loved it and is very much on board. Yay!!

Phyl