The myth of modernity coheres the seemingly disparate threads of reality into some semblance of a systematic whole. It propels the modern imaginary into the unknown, to boldly go where no man has gone before. The desire to solve the unifying theory of the universe, or to reach back in […]
If you haven’t done so already, I recommend reading the previous series on story: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This is now the third installment in an ongoing series where I provide real life examples of how one can incorporate story, imagination, poetry and the mythic in teaching, whether […]
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given […]
In the previous post I talked about the transcendentals–truth, goodness and beauty. Specifically, regarding truth I referred to C.S. Lewis and how the cultivation of the imagination creates the fertile ground of meaning for truth to take root. Concerning this idea, Lewis was greatly indebted to Scholasticism, wherein the imagination […]
