A good tagline for the poster for On the Verge would be “Mysticism. The spirit is not stolen. It is illuminated”. I chose mysticism because it is defined as the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality through direct experience, intuition, or insight. In the play, Mary, Fanny, and Alex trek through a jungle and experience new things and encounter new people. They, therefore, become aware of a new reality that they are not accustomed to through their direct experiences. I chose the second part of the quote because the women briefly spoke on why or why not they should engage in the use of a Kodak camera to document their new experiences. Alex says,”The spirit is not stolen.It is illuminated.(5)”. I think this line is significant because I feel all of the things that the women experience, being one with nature, meeting “natives”, and trying new foods, illuminates their spirits by giving them insight on on other people and a newfound “ultimate reality”. This is how mysticism and the last part of the line connect.
The image of the poster would depict an open book.
The book represents the journals that the women keep while on their journey. There are squiggly lines that represent the words. Inside the book, there is a jungle with several items that represent the femininity of the women. Said items are a dress, a bra, and the shorts that Alex wears under her dress. The dress and bra are hanging from different limbs of a tree.The shorts are lying across the saddle of a horse. There is a big camera that represents the women photographically documenting these events. Written in the leaves of the tree, is the tagline. This is what my poster would look like for On the Verge. I even took the liberty to provide a quick sketch below. :)
This is such an interesting line to choose in the relation to the Kodak line. I loved that line because it really made me realize the uniqueness that a camera can capture; it captures one moment in time like no other moment ever to be created again, which relates to the experiences that the women have. It also does help them to see reality, an image of what is right in front of their eyes for proof. I also think with this tagline, the book/journal theme goes well because the play really does focus an equal amount of the women's strange adventures, and without the journal entries of what actually happened, the audience wouldn't have an anchor to reality, either.
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