Suppose you read all that has ever been written about Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony—all of the reviews of performances, descriptions of its greatness, analyses of its composition. Suppose you even read the sheet music itself, and studied everything about it. But...
When does a collection of mere sounds become music? Have you ever heard an orchestra warming up before a performance? All the musicians are playing their instruments, tuning them, practicing a few measures of the piece. You might catch a...
Ever notice how a song gets stuck in your head? How a catchy beat makes you start moving? Or the way certain songs affect your mood? There’s something about music that gets inside of you, takes hold of you, makes...
Have you ever had a conversation with someone who you could tell was just waiting for you to finish talking so that they could say whatever was on their mind? Or with someone who always responded by correcting you or telling you...
We’ve talked about literature this week—what’s so great about books and why we read them. “But,” you may wonder, “why do we have to read all these old books?” Franz Kafka gives an answer: “You spend too much time on ephemeras. The...
I Met a Dragon Face to FaceBy Jack Prelutsky I met a dragon face to facethe year when I was ten,I took a trip to outer space,I braved a pirate’s den,I wrestled with a wicked troll,and fought a great white shark,I trailed a...
About 600 BC, King Jehoiakim destroyed Jeremiah’s scroll in a fire. Around 250 BC Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China ordered the burning of all philosophy books and history books from states other than Qin. Following the conversion of the Maldives to Islam...
What’s the point of stories? I mean, why do we bother reading them? They’re not particularly useful. Nobody reads Moby Dick as a sailing instruction manual, (although perhaps you could!); or the Chronicles of Narnia to better understand wardrobe furniture;...
January came in snowy and cold – colder than the parts of the country that are typically subzero at this time of year! But what a delight it was to welcome our scholars back to campus and begin the third...
Do you believe in science, or do you believe in God? That is the choice that the modern world would have you make. Science, they say, is the province of reason; faith is irrational or non-rational belief. Pick one or...
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