Teacher as artist
Teaching does not supplant writing, and the artist at some deeply significant level remains always a teacher.
We found the Beatles in a remote Arkansas town
The Beatles in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas: murals, a yellow submarine, and an Abbey Road sculpture commemorate the tiny town’s surprise visit in 1964 from the immortal band.
The Calvinist roots of appreciating Acadia’s scenery
Visitors who delight in nature and stunning scenery at places like Acadia National Park often do not realize their aesthetic debt to Protestant reformer and theologian John Calvin.
What is art?
Artist Donald Judd concluded, “Art is everything at once.” I would expand on his insight. We are all artists all the time, making the greatest works of art imaginable in our very being.
Creative Procrastination
Creativity is never procrastination. Our time in this world is a lived poem.