Sweltering in the Cold
Channel: Shantigar
Date: 2021-01-13

https://www.shantigar.org/ - In Tea with Demons, Jean-Claude offers a game for contrarians: "With a friend or group, in a place of much heat or cold or dark or light, in the city or the country or in any environment, everyone pretend for fifteen minutes that you are in the opposite environment. Speak and act as if you were there."

"Sweltering in the Cold" is one of the 49 Games of Transformation Jean-Claude offers in his book. To see more from our growing library of "Meditation Games," please see our playlist on this channel here: https://bit.ly/TWDplaylist, or visit our website above.

The Shantigar Foundation for Creativity, Meditation, and Engagement with Nature nourishes and supports artists through workshops, residency programs, and online offerings. Combining creative and meditative practices with the beauty of the land, Shantigar helps artists explore depth in their work, opening pathways to more effective creative and social action.

Jean-Claude van Itallie is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Shantigar Foundation. A Belgian-born American playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher, he is best known for his 1966 anti-Vietnam War play America Hurrah; The Serpent, an ensemble play he wrote with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre; his theatrical adaptation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead; and his translations of Anton Chekhov's plays.

Credits and acknowledgments: 

Directed by Shantigar Program Director Michael Schreiber.

Music used with permission of the artist. (Sunflowers, by Neil Murgai on his album Reorientation; hear more at https://neelmurgai.bandcamp.com/)