That there is within man an inherent desire to to create is undeniable - one only needs to witness a child with a box of lego or an adult with a restaurant napkin to confirm this fact. The problem is that our natural impulses, along with everything else in the world, are not clean, shiny,... Continue Reading →
Why Grappling with Form is the Gateway to Beauty (With Thoughts From a Guest)
“We live in an age increasingly unaware of the power of its own expression. . .” Todd Anderson Speaking from experience, I think I can say with a fairly sure degree of accuracy that many people treat poetry like small children treat food - eat what you know, avoid... Continue Reading →
How a Diet of Self-Expression Impoverished the Modern Soul. Part 1.
I value self-expression as far as it goes. That is to say, behind closed doors I acknowledge that one is permitted to express himself to the utmost limits of law and nature. But when that same self-expressor evaluates his work as having moved beyond the realm of the therapeutic and, in the name of civil... Continue Reading →