“I can resist everything except temptation.” So wrote Oscar Wilde, perhaps unsurpassed in English in the art of the epigram. This particular example perfectly illustrates the definition of this word: “a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.” Certain poems are also regarded as epigrammatic. Here’s “Ironist” by American…
Satan, Sin, and Death: Transcending the Monsters
In this series, we’ve focused on Gustav Doré’s illustrations for John Milton’s 17th-century epic poem “Paradise Lost.” So far, we’ve covered Satan and the rebel angels being expelled from heaven for waging war against God. We also covered Satan rallying his troops and becoming the king of hell. In this article, we ask: Why does…
Schleissheim: Three Stately Residences in One
What is better than one palace? Three, of course. North of Munich, Germany, one can visit the sumptuous Schleissheim Palace complex, a former summer residence of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The estate hosts three individual royal residences: the Old Palace, the New Palace, and the Lustheim Palace. As one of Bavaria’s largest and most impressive palace…
The Fight for Guadalcanal WWII | Documentary
December 10, 2022
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This is the real story of America’s first victorious attack on Japanese-held land and one of the fiercest battles in the Pacific in World War II. Dramatic filmed footage and rare still photos in color and black & white capture the intense fighting from air, sea, and land. * Click the “Save” button below the…
Photographer George Masa: An Immigrant’s Vision of Appalachia
December 9, 2022
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Slight of frame and often sickly from chronic respiratory issues, Japanese immigrant George Masa hiked and climbed the rugged and often unchartered terrain of the Appalachian Mountains in order to capture extraordinary photographic images. In his 2022 book, “George Masa’s Wild Vision,” Author Brent Martin writes about the photographer that history would identify as the…
Whimsical Messengers: A Handcrafted Christmas Tradition
They sleep in old suitcases and boxes, in attics, in closets, and in drawers. The tissue paper that wraps them in their safe hiding places is often already yellowed. But as the days grow shorter and the evenings longer and the pre-Christmas preparations begin, their soft-cushioned time of rest slowly comes to an end. They…
Keeping Christmas | Documentary
December 9, 2022
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The story of Richard Mahr and his family, and how they overcame personal tragedies while navigating through the Great Depression, a pandemic, two world wars, a fire, and communism. How did Richard’s dream survive his vision for “Keeping Christmas”? * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” –…
Mountaineer in a Misty Landscape
If the periods of art ever put forth their most-iconic works, Romanticism would surely include “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,” the oil painting, circa 1818, by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. Like the Romantic period itself, this painting is often called sublime: a word meaning “elevated in dignity,” but also, “to pass from…
Faith, Family, and Freedom: Why Norman Rockwell’s World War II Masterpiece Still Matters Today
December 7, 2022
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In the winter and spring of 1942, America and her allies were taking some hard punches. The Germans had renewed their offenses in North Africa and the Soviet Union, and their submarine warfare in the North Atlantic inflicted catastrophic losses on convoys sailing from the United States to Europe and Russia. On the other side…
Celebrating the Sacred Crèche Tradition
For centuries at Christmas, Christians have set up devotional crèches, three-dimensional Nativity scenes that they normally display in their homes, churches, and stores until Jan. 6. That day, Epiphany, is celebrated as the time when the divinity of Jesus was revealed to the Magi, or wise men. These three wise men were the first Gentiles (non-Jews)…
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