Friday, January 24, 2014

physical intellectual spiritual transformative adventures



Today (01/24/2014) is the first uncommon day of the year 2014.  There will be five more:  (02/14/2014, 04/12/2014, 04/21/2014, 10/24/2014, and 12/04/2014), dubbed uncommon because the four digits of the month and day mm/dd are permutations of the year's digits 0, 1, 2, 4.

I’ve been working on a phrase to describe the kind of entertaining and educational exercise platform with which I have been developing and experimenting (e.g. the syncopated surfing ring).  I've decided upon the following:


Physical Intellectual Spiritual Transformative Adventure (PISTA*) 



Immersive interactive experience (composed of a  myriad mix of music motion math media.) that combines physical, intellectual, and spiritual elements.  A happening that could take place in miscellaneous and sundry locations such as classrooms, dance studios, centers for fitness, rehabilitation, or recreation, spas, gyms, clubs, arenas, performance spaces, recital halls, theaters; any place within which human beings can resonate with music and motion. 

An essential component of a PISTA is that it is not only a highly interactive event, it must provide an experience that can transform participants in a very positive way, with a specific and deliberate intention to make the world a better place.


*PISTA in Spanish and Italian translates to the following in English:  

pista-noun
track
pista, vía, camino, oruga, trayectoria, rastro
racetrack
pista, hipódromo, autódromo, corredera
runway
pista, pasarela, vertedor
clue
pista, indicio
trail
rastro, sendero, camino, pista, recorrido, estela
lead
plomo, cable, iniciativa, cabeza, paso, pista
rink
pista
path
camino, trayectoria, sendero, recorrido, paso, pista
floor
piso, suelo, planta, fondo, pista
arena
arena, esfera, ruedo, pista, plaza, coso
ring
anillo, timbre, llamada, aro, anilla, pista
tarmac
pista, alquitranado