Tag: Life & Tradition

Film Review: ‘Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood’: Director Richard Linklater’s Animated Walk Down Memory Lane

Over the last three-plus decades, filmmaker Richard Linklater has made 20 movies covering a number of genres, a few of which he likes to revisit. The most notable of these is the “Before” franchise, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, which follows a couple over the space of almost two decades wherein they meet, get hitched,…


2 Origami Warriors Folded From a Single Sheet of Paper—Check Out the Incredible Details

The scene: two knights face off in an intense battle; one knight slashes with his longsword while the other crouches to block the hit with a round shield. “Both are shouting with their mouths open while the capes are flowing in the action and the wind. The shielded knight has scaled armor with many rectangular…


Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Coins, Cameos, and Public Monuments

Michelangelo was reputed to have been able to see a sculpted figure within a block of marble before he even began. So it was with the American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907). “St. Gaudens had a gift of making one ‘see things.’… It was precisely because he was so intently an artist that his mental vision…


Dear Next Generation: The Problem of Suffering

Several passages in the Bible refer to the suffering that the Hebrews and several prophets had to endure as they attempted to survive in a variety of hostile environments. A number of times, Jesus noted that he must undergo suffering at the hands of men in order to fulfill certain prophecies, and redeem fallen humanity….


Mom’s ‘Mystery Item’ Hack Can Make Kids Clean Up Scattered Toys Without Whining

Legos are sprinkled across the carpet, a puzzle sits half-constructed on the table, and there is a jumble of dolls and toy trucks claiming space all over the sofa. Could this be your living room? For many parents who are in the throws of raising active, playful, and curious children, this is a common scene….


2022 Infiniti QX60

The 2022 Infiniti QX60 has been redesigned into a slick and more inviting vehicle. QX60 was initially based on the Nissan Pathfinder, but has certainly grown into its own exciting marquee. This three-row SUV has plenty of room for family and their luggage. The Saddle Brown interior color makes it look even roomier, wrapped in…


How to Make a Professional Classical Music Recording in 10 Easy Lessons and One Hard One

I am presently in the throes of producing my fourth classical music album. Even over the relatively short span of years that I’ve been making them, the process has changed dramatically. First of all, we used to say we were making “a CD,” but now we call it “an album” because so many consumers obtain…


American Voices: Harbingers of Hope

No matter where you stand politically right now, our economy and our public square look about as cheery as the gray winter yard outside my living room window. The pessimistic commentators that I visit online daily deliver dreary reports of inflation, rising crime, the breakdown of our supply chains, the failures of our schools, and…


Spreading Hope Through Divinely Inspired Design: How Shen Yun Shop Brings True Beauty to the Everyday

These are true statement pieces. Like the world-class performances they draw inspiration from, the exquisite jewelry, scarves, and other wares from the Shen Yun Shop each have their own story to tell. These stories are rooted not in fleeting fashion trends or stylistic whims, but in 5,000 years of divinely imparted Chinese culture. Take the…


Aesop’s Fables: The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse

A very young mouse, who had never seen anything of the world, almost came to grief the very first time he ventured out. And this is the story he told his mother about his adventures. “I was strolling along very peaceably when, just as I turned the corner into the next yard, I saw two…