We read literature for the adventure of it; old books to give us perspective; novels to get at the truth. But stories also teach us about ourselves. In 2 Samuel, King David sins with Bathsheba and sends her husband, Uriah,...
G.K. Chesterton once observed, “People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that...
Some of you are reading Romeo and Juliet with Mr. Burghauser. Shakespeare wrote his plays and poems over 400 years ago. Others of you are reading Pinocchio with Mrs. Spaulding—it was written by Carlo Collodi almost 150 years ago. Have...
The Land of Story-books Robert Louis Stevenson At evening when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit; They sit at home and talk and sing, And do not play at anything. Now, with my little gun, I...
Do you know what the most common subject of art is? It’s people. Man is fascinated with man. Ancient cave drawings, Egyptian tombs, Greek and Roman sculptures, medieval stained glass, Renaissance frescos, paintings from baroque to surrealism, photography, pop art—so...
Art BY HERMAN MELVILLE In placid hours well-pleased we dream Of many a brave unbodied scheme. But form to lend, pulsed life create, What unlike things must meet and mate: A flame to melt—a wind to freeze; Sad patience—joyous energies; Humility—yet...
Have you ever seen the pictures of so-called “art” created by zoo animals? Congo the chimpanzee has made over 400 paintings and drawings. Bini the Bunny has a YouTube channel where he paints with a brush in his mouth. A...
“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.” So said Theodor Adorno. But was he right? Adorno was a German philosopher and art theorist who believed that the purpose of art was not to reflect the beauty...
Michaelangelo Buonarotti once said that “[a] man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” Perhaps the greatest artist in human history, he is most famous for his painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel as well as...
If I could tell how glad I was by Emily Dickinson If I could tell how glad I was I should not be so glad — But when I cannot make the Force, Nor mould it into Word, I know it...
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