Love What Lasts – Page 3 – There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.

A Simple Difference

The modern parent believes that the best way to teach a child responsibility is to give the child a number of costly gifts and tell the child not to ruin or break the gifts. The classical parent believes the best way to teach responsibility is to require a child to perform tasks that are productiveContinue reading “A Simple Difference”

After Denis Villeneuve, Christian Petzold Is The Most Exciting Filmmaker Alive

Phoenix (2014) is about marriage, plain and simple.

Preview

Thursday night: the dangers of Patreon intellectuals, how the wellness industry has spread into private education, the feel-good flattery of bloggers whose ad revenue depends on telling everyone, “Society demands too much of people like you,” and more. Sign up for the GibbsClassical.com mailing list for a link to “Intellectual Honesty in an Age ofContinue reading “Preview”

Sing Night And Day

This song is overwhelmingly beautiful. Britten does more in these one hundred seconds than many other competent composers can accomplish in forty minutes.

Literal

One of the most stunning turns of phrase in Scripture is the description of Christ as “the first born from the dead,” which we often take as a euphemism or a symbolic claim, and yet it really must be taken at face value to be appreciated.

Election Day Thoughts

My thoughts on the election are posted on the CiRCE website, but I am making them available in full here, as well: Man was created to seek glory. He was created to love the glory of God and to mirror God’s glory through the pursuit of beauty, truth, goodness, and holiness. The glory of manContinue reading “Election Day Thoughts”

Madness… Ending?

While generally not one to look for silver linings, the pandemic is putting a pinch on art museums, who have accordingly begun selling off paintings in their permanent collections in order to stay alive. Every museum selling off art to stay alive has started with their 20th century garbage. I think we are ready toContinue reading “Madness… Ending?”

Eugen Bracht

The Shore of Oblivion (1889)

This Is What I Think Cool Is

New Worship

“It is not so much that modern men have ceased to believe in god as it is they have ceased to believe in transcendence. We still have gods, but they are immanent. They are here and now and nowhere else in history or in the future. Immanent gods require a culture of immanence, as well,Continue reading “New Worship”