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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

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Taller Than a Mountain 2024

March 14, 2024

I’m very excited to announce my upcoming online course on the Kural, Taller Than A Mountain.
It starts April 27, with a free intro class on April 13.

Among my guest teachers I’m honored to include Andrew Harvey, Bob Thurman, and Perumal Murugan.

The course is being offered at a price that you set yourself as a way to practice one of the Kural’s key teachings: honoring what fits each person, place, and situation.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COURSE

Who is it for?

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll answer this question from a few different angles.

One of the groups it’s most definitely for are people who want to enjoy and learn from the poetry of a great teacher such as Tiruvalluvar but who sometimes find poetry intimidating, complicated, or just plain confusing.

For instance, I was having coffee the other day with a friend, and he said to me:

“I’ve been reading the Kural, and enjoying it, too. But while there are some verses that make so much sense to me immediately, there are others that I’m not sure what to make of. I never felt comfortable with poetry in school, but I know it’s something that people sometimes find deeply meaningful. I’d love to be able to see that for myself.”

As I said to my friend, not only is the course for people who are uncertain about poetry, I myself was like that for a very long time.

That’s why I’m all the more excited to share some of things that have helped me personally to experience poetry with greater ease, understanding, and delight.

If this sounds at all intriguing, please do take a peek!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COURSE

Homecoming – A Play for the 14/48 Theater Festival

February 20, 2024

In January I wrote two 10-minute plays for the 14/48 Theater Festival at Open Space for Arts and Community.

Here is a glimpse of the second evening’s play, “Homecoming,” the story of a teacher facing his mortality, a bright but shy student, the teacher’s hero Simone Weil, and her heroes Plato and Socrates. Click on the images to see them at full size.

Director: Charlotte Tiencken

Cast: David Mielke, Elise Morrill, Julia Prud-homme, and Marie Glanz

More on Theater and Learning

About Face – A Play for the 14/48 Theater Festival

February 19, 2024

In January I wrote two 10-minute plays for the 14/48 Theater Festival at Open Space for Arts and Community.

Here is a glimpse of the first evening’s play, “About Face,” the story of a sculptor, an unexpected visitor, and his recalcitrant sculpture of Janus, the two-faced Roman god that the sculptor is only now learning to listen to. Click on the images to see them at full size.

Director: Anthony Winkler

Cast: Maria Glanz, Julie Jacobson, Harris Levinson, and Juniper Rogneby

More on Theater and Learning

Translator in Residence in Singapore

December 13, 2023

It was a wonderful pleasure to be the Singapore Book Council‘s first translator-in-residence this year.

Here are a few pictures from my week-long stay, full of readings and classes and talks and events of all kinds. Click on the images to see them at full size.

More about my Kural translation
I’d like a copy of the Kural!

The 11th World Tamil Conference

August 28, 2023

It was an enormous honor and delight to get to speak at the 11th World Tamil Conference in Kuala Kumpur, Malaysia, in July 2023.

Here are a few pictures! Click on the images to see them at full size.

I was amazed and humbled by how people have responded to several interviews that I gave during the conference. For those who know Tamil, here are a few videos along with their links.

https://www.facebook.com/KumudamOnline/videos/236726692652073/

https://www.facebook.com/SunNewsTamil/videos/817811433384949/

https://www.facebook.com/vanakkammalaysiadotcom/videos/1538386003597837/

I’m hoping to upload a few of these videos to my YouTube channel and add English subtitles. Once I do, you’ll be able to find them on this page as well.

More about my Kural translation
I’d like a copy of the Kural!
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