Certainly a summer block-buster, it was probably my favorite Christopher Nolan film, though I am not generally too much a fan of his byronic hero work. But given the epic moment we have been enraptued by, I was inspired to dive a bit a deeper. In Nolan’s film the Siren scene was far too short and there was only a faint figuration of them singing on their island, surely a missed opportunity.

But on Wednesday, September 9th, I invite you into their primal waters. I’ll be presenting an illustrated lecture into the Siren scene in this epic and beyond, where we will trace divination as a practice of metamorphosis. This will be an in-person event hosted by the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.

I am a 2026 Contributing Artist at PRS, and have been cooking-up more to serve you soon! (Programming that will certainly extend beyond 2026 lol)

Let us take flight and engage in musical self-questioning, and with enough curiosity we may get free of ourselves. In this interactive presentation, we will wrap rope round ourselves to listen, like Odysseus, to the Siren song.

We will meet mermaids, tempt innocence, and attempt to reconcile a primal animality with a desire for domesticity. Like Orpheus we will be musical oracles and trace divination as a practice of metamorphosis.

This event will be an illustrated lecture punctuated by moments for reflection, journaling, discussion, and even pulling tarot cards. Bring a notebook, pen or pencil, and (if you have one), a tarot deck of your choice!

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