More Yeats Books
I have bought a few more books to study the work of William Butler Yeats. Our Secret Discipline Helen Vendler ISBN: 9780674026957 The Cambridge Introduction to W. B. Yeats David Holdeman ISBN: 9780521547376 The Cambridge…
Category: Aesthetics
Life Changing Cultural Experiences
Many cultural experiences are given credit for changing lives. For example, many people claim to have read a book that changed their life. I’ve always been very cynical about this. Nobody ever explains how a…
The Benefits Of Being An Idle Aesthete
The concept of the aesthete seems old fashioned now. I’m sure it goes against the grain of the postmodernists. By definition, an aesthete is a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation…
Theater As A Meritocracy
The very concept of merit is increasing under attack as Social Justice Warriors argue that the myth of a meritocracy is used to justify a history of exclusion and elitism. Considering that theater is an…
The True Purpose of Your Imagination
I’ve been giving a lot of deep thought on the true purpose of the imagination. I don’t think human beings have an imagination just to amuse ourselves or others. I don’t think your imagination is…