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Eric Bess
A Rule in Common: Norman Rockwell’s ‘Golden Rule’
Recent events concerning the death of George Floyd have unleashed anger across the United States. Peaceful protests are ...
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June 15, 2020
Hope for the Impossible
During the 19th century, at the height of the Enlightenment, neoclassicists and romanticists debated the purpose of art. ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
June 8, 2020
The Balancing Act of the Beautiful
Gustave Moreau was a 19th-century symbolist painter in France. The symbolists believed that the art of the 18th ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
May 31, 2020
Exposing Vice to the Loving Light of Truth
It’s interesting how our vices lose strength when they are brought out into the open; they gain power ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
May 17, 2020
The Sin of Narcissism: Meeting One’s Own Worst Enemy
I am guilty of being narcissistic. I’m an artist, and I want people to see my work. I ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
May 11, 2020
The Power of the Imagination
Sometimes, I’m the victim of my own imagination. I let my thoughts run wild with desires for my ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
April 28, 2020
Deserving the Magic of the Gods
From time to time, humanity is dealt a hardship that is impossible to ignore. As the world currently ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
April 18, 2020
When Temptation Is Really Something Worse
The pandemic of COVID-19 is causing havoc in more ways than we might imagine, such as for those who ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
April 5, 2020
Remembering to Consider Others in Times of Suffering
As the world responds to the growing concern about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
March 22, 2020
Fearless Compassion in a Time of Plague
Recently, there’s been quite a bit of fear in relation to the coronavirus. The media reports on it ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
March 17, 2020
A Herculean Choice: Virtue or Vice
I try to wake up every day and treat that day like a lifetime, like a microcosmic version ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
March 5, 2020
The Rapturous Union of Heart and Mind
What does it mean to authentically love? The term “love” is often thrown at any object that provides ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
February 19, 2020
Job: Suffering and Sincerity
I recently saw Léon Bonnat’s painting “Job,” which powerfully represents the suffering and spirituality of Job. I decided ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
February 11, 2020
‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’: Love and Forgiveness
I recently came across Pompeo Batoni’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” and was immediately struck by the ...
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January 25, 2020
Cleansing Our Temples
The Italian painter Luca Giordano working in the late 17th century was misunderstood in his time. Initially, he ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
January 23, 2020
Paving the Way to Heaven: Asking Yourself Why
In 1600, Caravaggio, an Italian Baroque painter of biblical scenes, was commissioned by Tiberio Cerasi to paint a ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
December 17, 2019
The Impermanence of Outer Beauty
Hans Baldung’s painting “The Three Ages of Woman and Death” asks where outer beauty fits in our lives. ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
November 19, 2019
Michelangelo’s ‘Dream of Human Life’
Around 1533, the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo produced a series of drawings that he gave to his close ...
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November 13, 2019
A Childish Descent: ‘The Fall of Phaeton’
In my social media feeds, I often see Picasso’s famous quotes: “Every child is an artist. The problem ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
October 26, 2019
Deliverance From the Nightmare
Fuseli gave form to the horror of nightmares yet refused to provide a definitive interpretation of this painting.
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October 1, 2019
Gustave Doré Illuminates a Majestic Revelation
Gustave Doré was a French Romantic artist known for illustrating some of the greatest books of known Western ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
September 19, 2019
Suffering With Grace: Seneca’s Stoicism
We all deal with hardship. Irrespective of race, class, or gender, we all suffer. Suffering is a fact ...
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September 8, 2019
Gulliver’s Benevolent Breakthrough
"Gulliver's Travels" show that it's possible for us to rise above the ideologies that divide us.
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August 25, 2019
Artist Gustave Doré and Recognizing Hell on Earth
What is the worst thing you’ve ever done? Take a moment to think about it. What is the ...
Fine Arts & Craftsmanship
August 19, 2019
‘Laocoön and His Sons’: Suffering Unabated, Frozen and Forever
According to the ancients, our actions have consequences. The whole of the world expresses itself by way of ...
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August 19, 2019
The Sirens and How We Can Keep on Course
Have you ever wanted something you knew was not good for you? I think the answer for most ...
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July 31, 2019
Rembrandt and ‘The Writing on the Wall’
We seem to fashion our lives today by what we choose to indulge ourselves with. I like sushi ...
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June 29, 2019
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