Thoughts

I write a lot. Essays. Articles. Blog posts. All of them sharing what I’m thinking about. Maybe you think about these things, too.

Do You Care? Here’s How
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Do You Care? Here’s How

But, importantly, they do not make any of those feelings or situations about you: they create a reality in which you are part of the characters’ lives, emotions, and cares.

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Why do the Arts Matter?
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Why do the Arts Matter?

In ancient Greece, art and music were deemed the only channels to communicate with the gods. I think they were on to something.

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Moving Beyond Disaster-Think
Jeannette de Beauvoir Jeannette de Beauvoir

Moving Beyond Disaster-Think

Our new role: conservationists of the paintings and symphonies and books and performances that express humanity’s greatest ideas and emotions, protecting the ones that exist and creating more, no matter what the difficulty, no matter if it breaks our hearts.

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