Why I Won’t be Seeing Wonder Woman in the Theater
Sorry that I can’t join the fun…
Philosophy
A Unified Theory of Poetry, Part 3
Poetry is a palindrome.
Ode to Mr. Devil’s Advocate
As a writer, it is often easy to overlook the fundamental principles of… Mr. Devil’s Advocate: “Ugh.” The fundamental principles of… Mr. DA: “Uuuugh.” Because a writer is basically a… Mr. DA: “UUUuuugh.” Something eating you, Mr. Devil’s Advocate? Mr. DA:…
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Hollywood has an Iconography Problem
Have you ever noticed how Jesus is everywhere? And I don’t mean “everywhere” in the sense that He’s divinely omnipresent. No, I mean the other kind of everywhere—specifically, I am talking about movies. Because people are putting Him in movies.…
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The Reader is King
Dr. John Horne again joins us with this rebuttal to my earlier article. He has much to learn. I’d like to dedicate this post to by brother, Alan, without you, my intended reader, this post would not exist. You…
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The Writer is King
The first law of writing.
The Birth of Tragedy
Once again, Dr. John Horne joins us on Mr. Horne’s Book of Secrets. He has a PhD in marine biology and writes in a variety of genres. Right now I’m reading The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nitzsche. I’m not…
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On the Randomness (and fairness) of Success
Dr. John Horne joins us again this week. He has a Ph.D in marine biology and writes a broad variety of genres. Growing up my father used to say, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” But it wasn’t until…
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Putting it to Words
The effable is preferable to the ineffible. -Primo Levi Things You can Learn from a Guava Fruit There is a school of thought that decries the physical world, the idea being that enlightenment is a purely intellectual exercise and that…
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Censorship
It stinks, but can it be avoided?