January 19, 2020
[caption id="attachment_19535" align="alignleft" width="228"] A Grotesque Woman by Quenten Matys (oil on oak, Germany, c. 1513)[/caption] The story of Dame Ragnell and Sir Gawain is one of the most popular tales to come down from...
January 12, 2020
[caption id="attachment_19493" align="aligncenter" width="799"] The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (tempura on canvas, Italy, circa 1485)[/caption] One of the definitions of Renaissance is that it is a time of rebirth and revival. The romantic...
January 5, 2020
The recent OK, Boomer brouhaha both amused and bemused me, and made me think (surprise!) about Star Wars and Joseph Campbell, not that I needed an excuse. If you managed to miss it, so-called Millennials...
December 28, 2019
https://flic.kr/p/5NsmsK The Grail by Alice Popkorn. Used through a Creative Commons license As we begin the new year, I express my gratitude to Evans Lansing Smith for so skillfully editing Joseph Campbell’s research and writing...