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Traditional Wisdom
February 19, 2024
Regard not then if wit be old or new, But blame the false, and value still the true. Anglican Christians distinguish three pillars of their faith: Reason, Tradition, and Scripture. …Read More »
On Political Art
August 21, 2022
As a shared expression of individuality within a collective body, art has always carried the capacity to reflect on society and its political developments. Every work of art reflects the …Read More »
Terra Caelestis
February 4, 2022
The term Utopianism has lost its merit in the eye of society and has become associated with wishful thinking, implausibility, and irrelevance. Modern political thinkers are very unlikely to engage …Read More »
Musings
January 20, 2022
My thoughts can sometimes run with no regard To worldly matters or mundane affairs; Like children playing tag along a plain And stooping on a whim to flowers pick;Read More »
Caveat Scriptor
January 17, 2022
One key element in art is stories, for stories enable artists to express so many artistic attributes. Art ultimately draws from life, and life is a long story, “a fable …Read More »
Literary Reactionism
January 7, 2022
Ah, the tragedy! My attempt is doomed from the very beginning, from the very first words that constitute the circumference of its meaning. I set out to lament how the …Read More »
The Distraught Man
January 2, 2022
Where has he gone, the distraught man? He used to be such a prevalent figure in French and Russian societies, and made his appearance in nearly every novel. Always smiling, …Read More »
On Art
December 28, 2021
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the …Read More »
Thanksgiving
June 5, 2021
I The brevity of the book that you hold To naught but lacking eloquence is due; If only I had the means to unfold The libraries of love I feel …Read More »
Sonnets to Minerva
February 16, 2021
I What makes your art, what is its secret power? Bethought by all mankind so sage and wise You who above the great do yet so tower Your essence I …Read More »
Intent
October 8, 2019
I’ve sometimes heard, not without surprise, That discarding artificial beauty is deemed wise; Instead it is Nature who’s admired Though it leaves so much to be desired- T’is naught but …Read More »
Lisbon, 1755
September 20, 2019
Even on that evening His pace was slow and precise. As expected, His black shoes carried none of the muck and mud that was strewed as a squalid carpet across …Read More »
Dear Clio
May 16, 2019
Dearest lover of mud and fire Ever sought by men’s desire, Especially by tyrants’ ire; Without your tongue, not wont to tire The greatest were yet forgotten, left in mire …Read More »
Darwin’s Curse
May 3, 2019
The noble stag, adorned by Nature’s crown Walks before the timid doe: His is higher the renown, Yet judged by one who’s rather plain- One whose own ability is low …Read More »
The Eagle
April 27, 2019
Ferocious being of wing and feather Kingly in demeanor and attire Held aloft, within the weather Though silent, inspiring both song and lyre; Your soar’s unburden’d by a care Your …Read More »
Bare Poetry
April 19, 2019
Cast beneath unsettled waves Detached from poets’ guiding light- One one’s way with effort paves While wit and metre language tries. The muse, whose power in connection lies, Like fair …Read More »