The following is an extract taken from the address “Uses of Astronomy”, presented by Edward Everett at the inauguration of the Dudley Observatory, at Albany, N.Y. (1856) It is a beautiful example of how words can paint pictures in our mind. It’s also an extended example of an Argument from […]
Writing to his art dealer in 1898, Gauguin proclaimed: “…I have finished a philosophical work on a theme comparable to that of the Gospel.”[1] At first glance, Gauguin’s celebrated painting doesn’t appear to fit such a description, but a deeper look reveals more. Paul Gauguin attended Catholic boarding school in […]
What’s all this Jazz about souls? We know Jazz musicians have soul, but Disney takes the idea to the extreme using a pianist’s death to tackle two of the most important questions in human history: Do we have souls? What happens after we die? Here’s a brief summary of the […]
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The rapper known as NF caught my attention a few years ago because his lyrics didn’t contain the profanity typically heard in his category. As I listened to his music, I noticed he was communicating ideas about the human struggle and the key questions of human existence. On his fourth […]
As we suffer to different degrees during the pandemic, Lois Lowry’s The Giver recalls a familiar quandary. The story is set in a dystopian society where disease, suffering, and death have been eliminated and the problem of pain has been solved. How? By the elimination of free choice. For the […]
As drought recalls the goodness of rain, so a pandemic draws our attention to the goodness of our heavenly Father. Amidst confusion and uncertainty, the pandemic brings the stark contrast of good and evil before us with renewed intensity (John 1:5). In instances of suffering, scarcity, and solitude, signs of […]
I began to cry before the film started. The documentary detailed the making of a virtual reality experience in which a bereaved mother encounters a simulation of her deceased daughter. The mother, Jang, plays herself in the scenario, while a production team created a lifelike 3-dimensional image of her 7 […]
Yale recently announced the cancellation of HSAR 115, “Introduction to the History of Art: Renaissance to the Present.” This decision cuts off university students from an in-depth study of one of the greatest periods of artistic achievement in human history. The reason given by the Art History department chair was “…student […]