Explore the psychological themes so beautifully portrayed in the film The Kite Runner, which touch our own lives and stories and give us something to live by. Adapted from Khaled Hosseini's internationally acclaimed novel, the film begins in a joyful light that all too quickly descends into darkness, leaving us to wonder if making good that which was lost long ago is possible. The film offers complex layers of life and relationship with meaning and value for us all.
A child engaged in the riches of friendship encounters guilt, anguish, and loss. A son searches for acceptance and love from his father. People struggle to live in an atmosphere of destructive political strife, the abuse of power, and profound intolerance. And then, an invitation for redemption presents itself that requires revisiting an unfinished moment in life. For one soul’s journey, the invitation calls for consciousness, reflection, and courage.
Using lecture, film clips, journaling, group exercises and discussion, the workshop will offer an opportunity to explore and examine our own stories and experiences—both light and dark—where similar themes exist. And it will offer the possibility of a contribution to our own soulful journeys of integration, reconciliation, and the healing we seek with others, and especially within ourselves. |
