I often think of the act of creating great art as a balancing of universal and particular elements within a work. The artist must walk a tightrope, to borrow an idea from Juliette Aristides; his balancing act is between two extremes, but in order to keep his balance he must distribute his weight into both [...]
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Category: Art, beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare
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John Senior: In Piam Memoriam
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Apr 2012
An excellent tribute to John Senior and the Integrated Humanities Program at KU. The article gives a picture of what the program did and its accomplishments within a broader scope. Written by Philippe Maxence an editor of a Catholic journal based in France, who claims that Senior’s influence has touched him and France, despite being removed [...]
Category: It Is What It Is
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Chesterton, Gilbert K. “On Running After One’s Hat.” All Things Considered. New York: John Lane Company, 1909. 35-36. I have known some people of very modern views driven by their distress to the use of theological terms to which they attached no doctrinal significance, merely because a drawer was jammed tight and they could not [...]
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Evelyn Waugh Book Review by Paul Johnson
19
Mar 2012
For all of you Evelyn Waugh lovers out there. I have dug up a little something to whet your appetites. It is a sort of historical book review by Paul Johnson of A Handful of Dust. Here’s a preview (and coincidently my very favorite part): Waugh’s gifts as a storyteller are now so obvious to us, [...]
Category: Catholic Thinker, Catholics, Evelyn Waugh, Teaching
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Andrew Lytle on Kristin Lavransdatter
13
Mar 2012
I recently discovered that the last thing Andrew Lytle published before he died at the ripe ol’ age of 92 was a book entitled Kristin: A Reading by Andrew Lytle. Naturally, he’s referring to the heroine of the medieval Norwegian saga: Kristin Lavransdatter. This is exciting on several levels—mainly that Kristin seems to be Lytle’s [...]
An Article on Poetic Knowledge
13
Mar 2012
Dear Friends, I must encourage you whole-heartedly to visit this link (at the bottom of my post) and read the contents. It is a book review (by a comrade–Kirk Kramer) of Dr. James Taylor’s Poetic Knowledge. If you have not already picked up a copy of this book, I highly recommend that you do so. [...]
Aeneid
08
Mar 2012
“Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.” There are tears of things, and mortal things touch the mind.
Category: beauty, Poetry
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Austen’s Art of Manners
29
Feb 2012
Hello! This is my first post. I’m teaching high school English in rural Louisiana, and in order to spark some interest in my seniors as they begin Pride and Prejudice I wrote them a mini, informal essay. We had a wonderful discussion about Southern manners versus Northern (lack of) manners – and I explained to [...]
Category: Catholic Schools, Catholics, It Is What It Is
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“Jerusalem’s Claim on Us” – Dr. Louise Cowan
25
Feb 2012
It is my pleasure to direct your eyes to an essay by our beloved Dr. Louise Cowan. It is called “Jerusalem’s Claim on Us.” This essay has lifted up my soul so well that I do hope you set aside some time to read it. Dr. Cowan has delved into the very nature of the [...]
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EWTN Interview with Scott J. Bloch, editor of The Essential Belloc: A Prophet for our Times
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Apr 2011
“Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight, But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right. -Belloc
