I'm excited to be offering this new workshop where we'll learn how the characters suffer a sea change and how we, if ardent enough, can do the same.
The OED describes the "tempest" as an alchemical term for the boiling process which removes impurities from base metal and facilitates its transmutation into gold. After the turbulence of the shipwreck, Prospero "boils the brains" of the court party within the alembic of their skulls in order to mortify and purify the into their essence as human beings. The mercurial illusions and shape-shiftings of Ariel act as a catalyst in this process. What better place for such an initiation than the vessel of an enchanted isle removed from mainland consciousness?
Hope to be seeing you in this magical laboratory!
Three consecutive Saturdays, 1-4 PM
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