Passover Prompt 2023: The Art of Expansive Possibilities
At the heart of the Passover seder is the imperative to see yourself "as if" you had personally left Egypt. "As if" is an invitation not only to imagine another way, but to make that vision manifest by acting "as if" it were true and to be expansive in our thinking about the world around us. Let us revisit the boundaries of the “possible” and the “impossible.” What do you imagine could be different about the world? How might you act “as if” that were true?
MATERIALS
Paper, pen, scissors
CREATIVE PROMPT
Brainstorm an aspirational list of ways you’d like to be in the world using the phrase “as if...” For example—
I’d like to act as if...
I’d like to see the world as if...
Write 8 statements, cut them out on separate strips of paper and pick one for each day of Passover to keep in your pocket or on your nightstand as a source of inspiration.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What was it like to try on these different ways of being and seeing the world?
What, if anything, felt challenging? What, if anything, felt exciting?
How might the idea of “as if” be a tool in the work of personal and collective liberation?
