Why does existence exist? This is the first spiritual question we asked (in Part 2 of this series). The answer: because creation—the cosmos—is good, very good, and the correct response to it is joy. But there are two other spiritual questions we now need to consider. The first of these, to be discussed here in…
The Return of Spring and 2 Versailles Masterpieces
Spring is near. “Spring it is that clothes the glades and forests with leaves … and the meadows ungirdle to Zephyrus’s (the West Wind’s) balmy breeze; the tender moisture avails for all,” wrote Virgil in his “Georgics.” The Palace of Versailles couldn’t have picked a more apt time to exhibit one of the last masterpieces…
Perfomance: You’ll Never Walk Alone – Male Voice Choir Sangkam (2020)
March 16, 2022
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Male voice choir SangKam performing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in Hamar municipality, Norway, arrangement by Ingunn Solem. SangKam is a Male Voice choir currently 46 members strong from Hamar, Norway. It was established by conductor Erland Dalen in September 2019; the name is a combination of the words ‘Song’ and ‘Kam’ (as in comrade/buddy). Caption…
Performance: You’ll Never Walk Alone – Male Voice Choir Sangkam (2020)
March 16, 2022
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Male voice choir SangKam performing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in Hamar municipality, Norway, arrangement by Ingunn Solem. SangKam is a Male Voice choir currently 46 members strong from Hamar, Norway. It was established by conductor Erland Dalen in September 2019; the name is a combination of the words ‘Song’ and ‘Kam’ (as in comrade/buddy). Credit:…
Michelangelo’s Hidden Room Reveals His Pious Heart
It must have been an exhilarating moment in 1975 when museum director Paolo Dal Poggetto discovered a trapdoor hidden under a cabinet in the New Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy. Under the trapdoor, stone steps led down to a tiny chamber that had gone unnoticed for 500 years. At first,…
Zuckermann Harpsichords Legacy Lives On
March 16, 2022
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An 18-year-old Richard Auber had just begun his music degree with money he borrowed from his parents. “Musicians don’t make money,” his father, an amateur recorder player himself, warned Richard. Auber played the flute, and some of the most beautiful music he could play was the music of Bach. Auber played the modern flute, that…
Zuckermann Harpsichords’s Legacy Lives On
March 16, 2022
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An 18-year-old Richard Auber had just begun his music degree with money he borrowed from his parents. “Musicians don’t make money,” his father, an amateur recorder player himself, warned Richard. Auber played the flute, and some of the most beautiful music he could play was the music of Bach. Auber played the modern flute, that…
The Floating Staircase
March 15, 2022
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The spiral staircase of the Loretto Chapel is well known as a miracle because of its unique structure. It is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is a Gothic Revival style building with a mix of French spire and stained glass. It looks elegant like the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, just smaller. The construction of…
Benjamin West: A Quaker Painter Pays It Forward
March 13, 2022
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When Benjamin Franklin loaned money to a man in 1784, he made this request: “When you meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him.” In other words, Franklin did not want to be paid back; he wanted that man to help someone else in the…
More Than Bunnies: Beatrix Potter’s Surprising Legacy
Beatrix Potter’s “Peter Rabbit” first emerged in a picture letter to 4-year-old Noel Moore, the son of her former governess. It began: “I don’t know what to write to you so I shall tell you a story.” Years later, Potter borrowed that letter to create “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” People usually know Potter through…
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