
Beauty and Imagination
August 8, 2012“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” Dante Alighieri This quote came to mind when I watched this music video of a violinist dancing along the…
“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” Dante Alighieri This quote came to mind when I watched this music video of a violinist dancing along the…
I’m about to enact a bit of a change here on the blog, so I thought I should let you know why. Some of you…
As the world of books and publishing evolves, perhaps it’s natural that people began to consider the fusion of books and music. For some time,…
“I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know,…
In 1874, British poet Arthur O’Shaughnessy penned a poem about the impact of storytellers and other creative individuals–poets, musicians, and the like. Through his verse,…
In 2010, Orbit did an interesting study on fantasy cover art and titles from 2009 fantasy novels (graphic below). Although this data is several years…
Recently, I’ve begun to familiarize myself a little with the life of Leonardo DaVinci, an inventor, artist, dreamer of dreams…and so much more. He accomplished…
This trailer came out almost a month ago, but somehow I didn’t stumble across it until just now. On the chance some of you haven’t…
When I was in college, one of my professors shared a story about Benjamin Franklin. It seems that Franklin observed that his times of heightened…
Would you be interested in listening to a PhD in medieval literature lecture on Tolkien? Most of us don’t have time (or perhaps finances) to…