Culture
On art, music, and beauty.
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Lifelike Portraits from the Roman Empire: They could paint after all
We don’t have lifelike portraits of anyone until at least the Renaissance. Even the best sculptures and paintings from ancient Rome, Greece or China are…
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Viscerality: Do we live too abstractly?
First: The modern world is in fact very pleasant. We have a thousand labor-saving devices. We are thoroughly accustomed to instant heat, cold, transportation, water,…
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Modern Cave Art: If we still painted the inside of caves
I’m wondering why we have stopped making cave art and I’m not the only one thinking along those lines. This is a painting by the…
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life: A very French rom com
I had seen posters advertising the movie Jane Austen Wrecked My Life earlier this year while traveling in Europe. The name was funny enough that…
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Wood Swirl: Found art
A piece of wood that reminded me of van Gogh’s Starry Night. Nature imitating art, once again.
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Shamanism: A universal practice
There are those who travel spirit worlds. They may know that those worlds only exist in their minds, or they may believe that those worlds…
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