These are not so much lessons about the objects themselves, but opportunities for self-reflection and storytelling.

“The Object Lesson,” which has toured internationally, runs a little long now and then as Sobelle ponders time and even allows nothing to happen while we watch in the semi-darkness. It’s a ...

In the performance piece 'The Object Lesson' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Geoff Sobelle climbs high and low to explore the compulsion to preserve the flotsam and jetsam of one's life.

The Bhagavad Gita offers a surprising answer. In Chapter 3, Verse 42, it reveals that self-control alone isn’t enough. Without something deeper—self-knowledge—our efforts can fall apart.