We’ve been discussing art this week, but have not yet considered what, exactly, art is in the first place. In many ways, art defies definition. Philosophers, men of letters, academics, artists themselves, have attempted to clarify what makes something art. But even...
Have you ever watched a great artist work? It is often slow, deliberate, even painstaking. There is great care taken at every stage in the creation of a piece, with the littlest detail tended to until it is gotten right. ...
One of the great errors of modern thinking is the notion of complete originality—the idea that we can be or do something that is entirely of ourselves, not borrowed or imitated or conformed in any way. This is especially true...
When I walk the halls of the school with guests, they always stop and stare at the art you have created. They marvel at its beauty; they comment on its design; they are stunned by its excellence; and they often...
A recent post from Hillsdale K-12’s blog, The Classical Classroom, discussed the importance of observation and gave practical application for teaching the art of it to scholars. The article affirmed what we do at Columbus Classical Academy and is well...
One of the dangers of language is that the meanings of words often change with usage. People used to call God “awful,” because He inspired a sense of awe and wonder—now it means really bad; a “nice” person used to...
I suspect most of your peers at other schools probably don’t take Latin. But, did you know that Latin used to be common in American schools? In fact, there was a time when getting into college required fluency in Latin...
We concluded last week’s consideration of physical education with the ASICS motto, an acronym from Latin: Anima sana in corpore sano. But, you may wonder, why do we make such a big deal of Latin here? Why do you study Greek...
We conclude our week considering physical education with the motto of the sports company ASICS. If you’ve ever worn a pair of ASICS shoes or athletic wear, you may have noticed that the brand is in all capital letters. That’s...
Ever wonder why PE class is part of school at all? I mean, let the athletic kids join the sports teams—but for the scholar, why the need for physical education in the first place? “Every sport,” said John Paul II,...
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