Instead of focusing on our exercise or diet to increase our well-being, important as these are, what if we were to start at the top end and focus on our spiritual well-being. What would that look like? In part 1 of this article, we considered how so-called business posts on LinkedIn in 2021 had become…
Reviewing 2021, Part 2: The Importance of the Question: Why Do We Exist?
Painting for God: Kristen Valle Yann’s Blossoming Art
Faith comes first for American representational artist Kristen Valle Yann. She aims to glorify God in all she does, and she’s constantly asking herself how her art can appeal to everyone, regardless of their beliefs. The 24-year-old Floridian artist, of Cuban descent, is at the start of her career and is eagerly exploring the different…
Ivan Choultse: Painter of Light and Snow
Landscape artists paint the physical beauty around them. Some who live in northern regions have adapted to harsher environments, and this is the setting that suits them to do their art. Russian artists reveal the wonders of nature in every season, especially winter. Although early Russian landscape painters imitated Italian painters, they soon explored and refined…
Aesop’s Fables: The Heron
February 11, 2022
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Aesop (c. 620–564 B.C.) was a Greek storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as “Aesop’s Fables.” His tales, with their moral value, have long influenced our culture and civilization, contributing not only to the education and moral character building of children, but also, with their universal appeal, to the self-reflection of…
A Guardian for European Fine Craftsmanship
One of the greatest joys of travel is happenstance, and for several years now the pandemic has robbed us of such foreign joys. Many artisans reliant on tourists and in-person visits have suffered financially because of endless lockdowns. For instance, the UK-based Heritage Crafts Association found that the stress of running a business during a pandemic…
The Most Majestic Theater in the World: Teatro di San Carlo
With the Amalfi Coast and Pompei as neighbors and the Isle of Capri and Sicily close by, Naples lies at the heart of southern Italy. Historically, it was the gateway to Rome and the north. It was here that the Teatro di San Carlo (Theater of San Carlo) was born and grew to become the…
America’s Epic Poem: ‘The Song of Hiawatha’
February 6, 2022
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DUMda DUMda DUMda DUMda Like the constant beat of drums at a tribal gathering, the rhythm of the poem reverberates in our hearts: BY the SHORE of GITche GUMee, BY the SHINing BIG-Sea-WAter We hear its rhythm as it carries us through the epic travels of the first legendary American hero, Hiawatha. This was not the first long poem that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…
Strahov Monastery and Library: An Ornate Relic Tucked Away in Prague
February 4, 2022
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The Strahov Monastery was built in Prague, Czech Republic in around 1143 by Bishop of Olomouc Jindrich Zdík after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1138. The monastic community thrived with the arrival of the Premonstratensians from Germany. Their arrival brought forth many architectural developments to the monastery, beginning with the addition of a…
Aesop’s Fables: The Frog and the Mouse
February 4, 2022
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Aesop (c. 620–564 B.C.) was a Greek storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as “Aesop’s Fables.” His tales, with their moral value, have long influenced our culture and civilization, contributing not only to the education and moral character building of children, but also, with their universal appeal, to the self-reflection of…
Rarely Shown: Four Seasons Tapestries by Gobelins Manufactory, Paris
Time and tide wait for no man. As sure as day turns to night, the ever-changing seasons constantly take us through life. Visitors to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) need wait no more to see its rare set of late 17th- to early 18th-century tapestries back on display—for the first time since 1953—in the…
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