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Book Review: Life On Our Planet

Posted on February 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

Life On Our Planet: A New Look At Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life That Once Roamed Our Earth, by Dr. Tom Fletcher This book is a striking example of the way that a book can sometimes be marred by text. If this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Here Now

Posted on February 1, 2024 by nathanalbright

Here Now: Indigenous Arts Of North America At The Denver Art Museum, edited by John P. Lukavic, Dakota Hoska, and Christopher Patrello It would be easy to joke about a book like this one. With its strangely uncertain title and its subject … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Princes Of The Renaissance

Posted on December 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

Princes Of The Renaissance: The Hidden Power Behind An Artistic Revolution, by Mary Hollingsworth Unfortunately, this book manages to combine several unfortunate traits into a single book that would, at least at the outset, seem like a slam-dunk for a great … Continue reading →

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You Can Run, But You’ll Never Escape Sunset In The Maze

Posted on June 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

So far at least, my favorite hit song of 2023, among the songs that have clinched a spot on the Year-End charts (to be released in early December), is the song Escapism, by Raye featuring 070 Shake. Among the more … Continue reading →

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No Soul Is Ever Truly Free

Posted on May 19, 2023 by nathanalbright

Recently, freelance sports commentator Pat McAfee, who had previously had a long and successful career as a football player in the NFL before becoming a popular independent sportscaster, accepted a large deal to join ESPN sports. This move has attracted … Continue reading →

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Can’t Take A Verdict

Posted on March 4, 2023 by nathanalbright

Over the last few weeks there has been a lengthy trial for two counts of murder that pitted a disgraced aristocratic South Carolina attorney against the bloviating forces of the state, with the result that the accused was convicted of … Continue reading →

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Signs Of Authenticity

Posted on February 28, 2023 by nathanalbright

What are the signs of authenticity? We live in a world where there is a great desire on the part of people for art that connects with them personally that comes from a genuine place on the part of the … Continue reading →

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Noot Noot

Posted on February 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

It began as most things did, with a conversation with a friend where I communicated what my friend and I were doing with animal .gifs, specifically of penguins. Like many people, I have long had a fondness for penguins, those … Continue reading →

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Sing Those Things That You Just Don’t Say

Posted on October 28, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the reasons why we have so much art, and why there are more poets than people who read poetry, to give one example among many, is that art and literature and music provide us with a means of … Continue reading →

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What Does Poetry Have To Do With Philosophy?

Posted on September 26, 2022 by nathanalbright

For most people, the relationship between poetry and philosophy may not be obvious, even when poetry is understood in its original Greek broader form as including all sorts of creative arts. For many people, philosophy is such an abstract task … Continue reading →

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