A Raining Afternoon Growing Younger and Wiser

Abstract

In this narrative inquiry, the lived experience comes from both a virtual space (Second Life) and real life. The ava-tar (Rain) and the maker (Christine) explore identity construction, aesthetics, and notions of aging and appearance. This research is expressed in an arts-based format, a play, so that the process of internal dialogue is revealed through two characters and serves as an example of valuing the multiple voices that are within each of us. This play investigates the nature of societal influence and its impact on one’s identity, recognizing the facets and roles in all of us, and transformative power. This type of presentation and self-exploration serves as an example for epistemological and ontological positioning and curriculum possibilities.