Learning is Your Arc: Illinois Novelist, Ernest Hemingway, Teaches Us About Who We Are
A Road Scholar Program by Aaron Lawler
When
Jun 20, 2025
6:30pm–7:30pm
Cost
Free
We are natural-born learners, and we learn through story. Everything, from history and art to science and economics, is framed in story. Another way to say this – we seek qualitative answers, not just quantitative ones. Story is a way for people to understand their meaning and purpose in the world.
In this workshop, participants will develop this framework of story as a way of learning through literary models in order to understand who they are and the world around them.
Story gives us answers to life’s most challenging questions such as “Why we are here?” and “What happens after we die?” The intersections of philosophy, poetry, and psychology provide a sense of comfort and community.
Ernest Hemingway
The presentation/workshop is split into three interactive parts: the hero archetype, Hemingway’s hero, and chasing your better self. Participants will explore work and ideas from Joseph Campell, Maureen Murdock, Goethe, Ernest Hemingway, David Brooks, Carol Dweck.
This event is Free and Open to the public. For more information, please contact Keith Strom at kstrom@ehfop.org.
Learn more about Aaron Lawler, this program, and how to book it here.
Venue Parking and Accessibility
Parking is residential street parking. The Museum is ADA accessible with an outdoor porch lift to aid access into the museum. The program will take place on the main/first floor, an interior elevator is available for access to basement restrooms.
Host Organization
Contact
Suite 650, 125 South Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60603
312.422.5580 312.374.6787
600 Troy Road
N4, Room 207
Edwardsville, IL 62025
618.468.5580
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