March 5th, 2026

Prompt: “Shadow play”

 

Leah Douglass

Poison in the ear / Shadow puppet, photography / Portland, Maine / 03-05-26

“Today’s prompt felt serendipitous. I am currently teaching three courses of theater and AP Literature. Shadow puppet artist Josie Colt came in to show the theater students some of their work and teach them about the craft. In AP we are reading Hamlet and I have been pondering the significance of Claudius pouring poison in the king’s ear. So I thought I would play around with the two concepts”

- @missdouglass

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