Recommendations from 2023 — A Book, a Film, and a Recording
I’m a sucker for the end-of-year recommendations you see in Nov-Dec issues of book, music,...
Read More
Author: Deal Hudson
How Much Emotion Is Too Much?
I usually wake up before my wife Theresa and son Cyprian. I read the news and turn on some music,...
Read More
My Quixotic Golf Trip Through Scotland and England
A few weeks ago I returned from a thirty day trip to the UK. For the first week of the trip, I was...
Read More
The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part Four — Creative Intuition
The final step in the development of Maritain’s aesthetics is his idea of “creative intuition.” It...
Read More
The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part Three — Transcendent Subjectivity
Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry is one of Maritain’s greatest written achievements, not for...
Read More
The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part Two — The Circle of Ecstasy
The topic of poetry dominates Maritain’s aesthetic writings after Art and Scholasticism. Poetry is...
Read More
The Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain — Part One — The Source is God
Jacques Maritain was first introduced to English-speaking audiences in 1923 by the translation of...
Read More
How the Church Needs the Culture: Upon the Areopagus — An idea for a book
As a young Baptist convert during my college years, I was challenged by my pastor to explain my...
Read More
What Does It Mean to Restore Catholic Culture?
I’ve often heard the lament about the loss of “Catholic culture” and the need to “restore” it. In...
Read More
The Blessed Unreality of American Musicals
I was in 4th grade at Mt. Vernon Elementary School (VA) when I discovered musicals. Our home on...
Read More
