Völuspá
Völuspá Given the geologically active terrain of Iceland, it’s probably no surprise that the Vikings who settled there would produce such vivid […]
Category: arts and culture
Tolkien & the Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Beowulf
Tolkien & the Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Beowulf by Pauline Park Much ink has been spilled about J.R.R. Tolkien’s interest in and […]
Libya, Gaddafi & the London School of Economics
Libya, Gaddafi & the London School of Economics Of the three universities I’ve attended, I have a special affection for the the […]
Drama Queen
Links to some of my favorite dramas on television and film. Brideshead Revisited (ITV, 1983) Brideshead Revisited Episode 1 PART 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0nrC-vfaY […]
Moments Musicaux
As Julie Andrews says in “The Sound of Music,” these are a few of my favorite things — music that I love […]
Plotinus on the soul
Plotinus, as depicted by Raphael in “The School of Athens” Plotinus on the soul: The souls of men, seeing their images in […]
Voltaire on the human tendency towards domination, wealth & pleasure
Voltaire on the natural human tendency towards domination: “All men are born with a sufficiently violent liking for domination, wealth and pleasure, […]
Paul Klee on intuition in art
Klee’s “Insula Dulcamara” (1938) Paul Klee on intuition in art According to Paul Klee, the technique of the brush stroke is a […]
Opera, That Exotic & Irrational Entertainment
In “The Queen’s Throat,” David Koestenbaum writes that opera queens are distinguished by their propensity to keep lists of operas that they’ve […]
Judith Butler, faux anti-racist
Judith Butler, self-appointed arbiter of race relations everywhere Judith Butler has an uncanny knack for self-aggrandizement, and casting herself as the voice […]
Reclaiming Our Spiritual Legacy as Transgendered People
Saami shaman working (1674) Reclaiming Our Spiritual Legacy as Transgendered People By Pauline Park 18 June 2000 I was asked to speak […]
The Fabulous Beekman Boys: who says drag queens can’t make good (organic) farmers?
The Beekman Boys: Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge Who says drag queens can’t make good (organic) farmers…? That’s the question I asked […]