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on the use of analogy: inside a dream spend a week fogged in by the sea.

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Books from 2025: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — JK Rowling Red Sparrow — Jason Mathews Area 51 — Annie Jacobsen Man and His Symbols — Carl G. Jung Napoleon — Andrew Roberts Imminent — Luis Elizondo The Odyssey — Homer With the Old Breed — EB Sledge A Helmet

aesthetics is essential to theology.

The reduction of poetry to utility guts it of pathos. Rather than seeking glimpses of the transcendent in nature, embodying the rigor required for its interpretation, and becoming participants in goodness, its writers ultimately embrace nihilism.

The NYT was trash 20 years ago. Back when physical papers were coming to terms with digital media. Propaganda to this day. Although, recipes are 🔥

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I have long suspected—and am increasingly convinced—that the best poetry is a contemplation on Being. In Christianity, this arguably takes its highest form in God’s self-disclosure in Christ. In creation, it is the metaphysical pursuit of being, figured by essence. In my intro to

I'm working through Plato and Aristotle on aesthetics and poetry. I'm struck by Plato’s fear of the corruption of soul and society by art (poetry) misaligned with the Good. Aristotle seems to favor balance, but only with the right teleology and ethics. I have a lot more studying

consequently, for art and poetry, this is also true.

“…by insisting on the human riddle, to bear witness, as long as breath is in him, to that mighty, unnameable, transfiguring force which lives in the soul of man…” 👏

I have a deep appreciation for writers who capture the tensions of distinction and nuance. if—in fact, perhaps only if—the

St. Bonaventure at confirmation.

Saint Bonaventure, pray for us.

Poetry should overflow with intellectual richness, philosophical rigor, and contemplative prowess—inspired by Being. It should not be democratized, activistic, or merely about social change.

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“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them… and yet go out to meet it.” —Thucydides 🇺🇸

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