Friendship, Loyalty, Love
What is a relationship that has transformed you?
We explored the transformative impact that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had on each other, and reflected on the relationships that have transformed ourselves as well.
What is a relationship that has transformed you?
We explored the transformative impact that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had on each other, and reflected on the relationships that have transformed ourselves as well.
a magical workshop with Maria del Mar Patron Vazquez, Donald King, and Kurt Wootton
Participants in the institute presented reader’s theater performances of three chapters from Don Quixote, including the encounter with the windmills, the “flying” horses, and the death of Don Quixote.
We read over three chapters that spanned Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’s relationship over time. We broke up into groups and developed a series of tableaux that reflected one of their character arcs from beginning to end.
Don King then introduced us to praise poems, a heart felt tradition expressive of profound relationships, and he read his own praise poem for his dear friend and colleague Kurt Wootton. Afterwards, we wrote praise poems for people who had been transformative in our own lives. We shared these deeply felt poems to each other in pairs.
A presentation by Nick Rabkin
The Introduction to Nick Rabkin’s presentation:
Do we know a delusional old man who blunders about, claiming to help people while actually doing great damage, and then interpreting the resulting fiascos as burnishing his legend of unmatched glory. Yes we do.
Who did you think I was talking about? But here’s the difference: Don Quixote lived in but did not head of the most powerful nation on earth. He was delusional. He caused mayhem. Many of his ideas were anachronistic. But he wasn’t malevolent. He was a creature of his time, and he all too often was inclined to settle things with violence, usually paying a price himself. He wanted to Make Spain Great Again. But his delusions favored a more humane and tolerant Spain at a time when it was moving sharply in the other direction…
Nick concluded his presentation by screening a profoundly moving video documenting the Kid Quixote project.
By Cynthia Weiss
We reviewed techniques for making linocut prints with a strong design elements, discussed the subtractive process and the arrangement of negative and positive space, and demonstrated the cutting process. We then created and printed designs to represent our dichos.