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The Cultivating Amateur

Esther Jane

"The artist needs to be complemented by the cultivated amateur, who...has some idea what to do with the artist's work." Northrop Frye

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The Dying Art of Small Talk

the art of conversation, 1963; Rene Magritte

Mary Jane she set at the head of the table, with Susan along side of her, and said how bad the biscuits was, and how mean the preserves was, and how ornery and tough the fried chickens was — and...

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The Long Road Home

George Inness - Sunrise in the Woods

The Long Road Home

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Out of the East Gate and into the blight,
Out of the Garden and into the Waste,
Out of...
17 days ago
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The Melancholic

Dark Figure in Blue, Anthony Vandertuin

The Melancholic

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At last. Acclimatized. Inured. This dome
Of pillared waters and its bitter weight
Are h...
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(De)Enlightenment

(De)Enlightenment

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In hatred of what Light reveals,
Of glory and deformity, 
We stab our eyes and claim to see 
The truth that garish Light c...
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The Poetic Vision of Macbeth

Still from A24's production of Macbeth, Denzel Washington as Macbeth

Last school year, I taught Macbeth for the first time to a small class of high-schoolers at our homeschool co-op. I enjoyed the experience more than I can say. There are...

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    Christian, wife, mother, non-academic. I write about what interests me, mostly literature, sometimes education, always with the goal of seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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