The School of Lifelong Yearning

… is the third and culminating act of Herein Thereafter’s 2024 event cycle. In this imagined educational institution, emotions are not merely subjects of study but are elevated to the forefront of the experience, encouraging participants to engage with their vulnerabilities and aspirations. The School of Lifelong Yearning employs a tongue-in-cheek approach to the traditional structures of academia, subverting conventional expectations by transforming yearning—a feeling often dismissed as transient or indulgent—into a central theme worthy of rigorous exploration.

The primacy of emotion is both celebrated and interrogated, placing the complexities of yearning at the heart of its creative and intellectual inquiry.