Of Scars and Surprise
Geoff AyersThe examined life for people who take both faith and fine culture seriously. From the Midwest with love.
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Going Deeper
Many conversations that are allegedly about interesting subjects fail to actually be interesting. Having worked at an academic-adjacent institution for the last five years, I’ve been a part of a lot of really dumb conversations on topics th...
Poor Reasons to be Against AI
Being embedded in a Wendell Berry-type, Plough Magazine-type, Christian community, I have heard a lot of discussion about AI. In these discussions, a number of objections to AI come up that I think are quite bad and, frankly, distract from...
The Deadly Theater
The theatre has often been called a whore, meaning its art is impure, but today this is true in another sense—whores take the money and then go short on the pleasure. -Peter Brook
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I recently reread part of Peter Brook’s th...
25 Things I Know
Henri Matisse. Interior with a Violin Case. Nice, winter 1918–19. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 × 23 5/8” (73 × 60 cm).
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I know that it is good to share knowledge. When you know things, pass it on.
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I know that Solzhenitsyn is right when...
Essays and Books of the Year
I made it a goal to read more in 2025, and by golly, with all of the endurance and planning and attention that I could muster, I think I read the same quantity of words (or perhaps a little less) as I did in 2024. However, the quality of bo...
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