Daily Archives: December 16, 2012

Perspective

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Time and Space, or Poetry and Art

In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s (1729-1781) Laocoon, or On the Limits of Painting and Poetry (1766), there is a key insight: with regard to time and space, poetry and art function differently. A poem must necessarily be read in time and … Continue reading

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Where was God at Sandy Hook?

Randy Newman told us years ago the universe is like this. It doesn’t make it any easier to stomach.

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