Rembrandt and the Schooling of Desire
Thu, Feb 27
|Zephyr House
A dinner salon with Dr. Karen Bohlin


Time & Location
Feb 27, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Zephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
About the Event
This seminar explores powerful themes at work in one of Rembrandt’s lesser known masterpieces. Drawing insights from philosophy, film, and art, we will explore the nature of desire and competing desires, about education and experience and how they conspire to distill enduring wisdom and shape our internal compass.
Dinner will be served.
About the Speaker
Dr. Bohlin is a leadership coach and consultant. She works with educators in both K-12 and higher education, as well as with parents and leaders of formative institutions, helping them to operationalize their formative mission. Director of the Practical Wisdom Project at the Abigail Adams Institute and Research Affiliate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science.