March 2025

When eternity begins

Daniel Gibson
March 13, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Sojourner Truth, the former slave, who with her freedom became a great, abolitionist crusader, once said: “God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?” We’ve been talking about time this...

On wasted time

Daniel Gibson
March 12, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Benjamin Franklin said that “If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” Michelangelo agreed: “There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.” The difficulty is, how do we know if...

Time…to stop and wonder

Daniel Gibson
March 11, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Our consideration of daylight savings yesterday got me thinking about time in general. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “how much more time do we have to listen this?”—but thinking about time can be a very valuable thing. It certainly was...

How long is an hour?

Daniel Gibson
March 10, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

How long is an hour? I can see on most of your faces that you don’t particularly care about the answer to that question. “However long it is,” you’re thinking, “I just want that hour of sleep back.” Fair enough. ...

The greatest work of art

Daniel Gibson
March 7, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

Yesterday, we observed that, despite what the world may say, not everything is truly art. But I wonder, what do you think is the greatest artwork of all time? Michelangelo makes a pretty good case—the Pieta, the Sistine Chapel, the...

Drawing—and holding—the line

Daniel Gibson
March 6, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

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...

Art and time

Daniel Gibson
March 5, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

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. ...

The art of being original

Daniel Gibson
March 4, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

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...

“Art is the signature of man”

Daniel Gibson
March 3, 2025

Head of School, Morning Reflections

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...

And if thy mind observe me well…

Sarah Spaulding
March 1, 2025

Newsletter Reflections, Principal

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...

Veritas et Virtus