Category: Art/Skill/Techne
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Killing the Liberal Arts… A Non-Conservation
The importance of the humanities in educating citizens is why we have undoubtedly seen the consequences of the decline in of the liberal arts nowhere more than in the quality of the public debate. The disappearance of the liberal arts from American education has meant the disappearance of the liberal…
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Before I Die…
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you. When Candy lost someone she loved very much, she thought about death a lot. This helped clarify her life but she struggled to maintain perspective. She wanted to know what was important to the…
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Pisa « stretching into infinity
Pisa « stretching into infinity.
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How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later
Well, I will tell you what interests me, what I consider important. I can’t claim to be an authority on anything, but I can honestly say that certain matters absolutely fascinate me, and that I write about them all the time. The two basic topics which fascinate me are “What…
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Jive Turkey « Not Australia
I always regret not taking the opportunity to visit Istanbul in 2005 when I had the chance. Hopefully, I will get there sooner or later. Until then, I appreciate these wonderful travel logs at sites like Turkischland. JiveTurkey « Not Australia.
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Table for One « LUST & RUM
I am most happy that my humble blog was stumbled upon by this artist… I find his photography a poesis of the eye. Table for One « LUST & RUM.
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The Lonely Road « Broken Light: A Photography Collective
Photo taken by Josefine, a swedish photography student currently based out of Los Angeles. The reason she decided to pursue photography full time is because she saw the impact pictures can have on people, both by looking at them, and making them… via The Lonely Road « Broken Light: A Photography…
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Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier
Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier.
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Afraid of the Dark and Loving It: Guillermo del Toro’s Idol, H.P. Lovecraft – Fandor – Essential films. Instantly!
The life and work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, which includes hugely influential stories like “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu” – are treated by his acolytes like the stuff of cult lore. Lovecraft’s xenophobia and propensity for clunky, adjective-heavy descriptions of “unknowable” Gods and monsters make…
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Richard II « Keelan Foley
Personally I feel that Shakespeare’s plays are politically useful and an effective means of distributing “common thinking” as in class and society structures through popular mediums. Also Shakespeare was closely tied with the current monarchy of the time. He implanted certain themes and warnings into his works. Throughout his plays…
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