Shakespeare’s Sonnet 3 is a striking meditation on beauty, aging, identity, and inheritance. On the surface, it urges a young person to look into a mirror and recognize that their beauty is not something to hoard selfishly. Beneath that, though, the poem is really about mortality: time will erode the body, but a person can … Continue reading Beyond the Selfie: Why Shakespeare’s Sonnet 3 Still Matters
T.A.E.’s. Book Review – The Book of Lost Tales, Part One by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One is not merely an early draft of the legendarium later embodied in The Silmarillion; it is the site of Tolkien’s imagination in motion, where myth is still molten and where the great structures of Middle-earth appear in a more lyrical, experimental, and intimate form. Read as literature, the … Continue reading T.A.E.’s. Book Review – The Book of Lost Tales, Part One by J.R.R. Tolkien
T.A.E.’s. Book Review – Sir Orfeo by J.R.R. Tolkien
Sir Orfeo is a work of quiet brilliance: at once a scholarly recovery, a lyrical recreation, and a deeply moving meditation on loss, endurance, and the tenuous border between the human world and the realm of enchantment. Tolkien does not merely translate the medieval poem; he restores its music and discipline while allowing its emotional … Continue reading T.A.E.’s. Book Review – Sir Orfeo by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Catfished by My Twin? – Illyria Drama Unlocked” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Okay, picture this: a storm, a tiny boat, and two twins who get absolutely separated like two socks in a washing machine. Viola ends up on a new coast (Illyria), thinks her brother Sebastian is gone for good, and decides to play it safe. … Continue reading “Catfished by My Twin? – Illyria Drama Unlocked” – Poetcore Shakespeare: The Bard for Gen Z
Sunset Dancing – The Hollow Ones #40
The heat is tremendous and the music fills me with joy. I imagine and hear beautiful people dancing for the rains to come and gently break the …Sunset Dancing – The Hollow Ones #40
Quiet Glance
I’m digging deep into Expressionist portraiture and transforming my source materials into my own signature style. Well, that’s what I believe. I’m …Quiet Glance
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #441 – What?!?
What?!? Musings of the Artists Mind Originally called “YEESSS?!?”, this character is full of attitude. Some poor bystander has mistakenly interrupted…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #441 – What?!?
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #93: Walking on Mars #3
Walking on Mars #3: The History: Here’s my story on this… Three of Four: The red planet has a strange fascination for us and short series came after …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #93: Walking on Mars #3
Revisionist Poetry – “Toward the Cloudline” – Up Towards the Clouds, v.2
On a flawless morning,the skyline rises in layered stone,its towers reachingas if to test the weather,their crowns half-lostin threads of cloud. The photographer tilts back his head,searching for a vantagewhere distance becomes astonishment,where height feels like a dareand the air itselfseems ready to lift him. Below, the city keeps its pulse:buses sigh at the curb,crosswalks … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – “Toward the Cloudline” – Up Towards the Clouds, v.2
In a rain of 80s new wave music – The Hollow Ones #39
Spotify has caught on that I’m nostalgically in love with New Wave music from the 1980s. I didn’t follow it as a teenager growing up then, but I …In a rain of 80s new wave music – The Hollow Ones #39