Our deepest insights must—and should—appear as follies, and under certain circumstances as crimes, when they come unauthorizedly to the ears of those who are not disposed and predestined for them.– Beyond Good and Evil Briefly and regrettably, they belong to the LEVELLERS, these wrongly named “free spirits”—as glib-tongued and scribe-fingered slaves of the democratic taste…
Month: March 2021
The Definition of Art
Art is the creation of an author, working in a medium, communicating a message. People find it difficult to define art. I find it simple. I have ever since I attended an introductory college course on poetry where I learned that poetry is simply a microcosm of all communication and that all communication is poetry,…
Martin Scorsese’s Silence – A YouTube Comment
The following are comments I wrote on the YouTube video, Silence – The Deconstruction of Faith, a great video essay, itself, where I lay out my frustrations with the film. I have recorded them here for posterity and access.