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Aug 05 2016

Alan Jacobs: Who Am I?

Paula Marvelly, Alan Jacobs.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

A dialogue on the nature of the Self

Jul 22 2016

Andrei Tarkovsky: Cinematic Genius

Andrei Tarkovsky.
Photograph: Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

How Russian filmmaker turned movie making into transcendental art

Jul 08 2016

Upahar: Bright Like a Million Suns

Paula Marvelly, Bright Like a Million Suns.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

A musical rendition of the poetry of Saint Kabir

Jul 01 2016

Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Marianne Werefkin, Prayer.
Image: Public Domain

How the fear of dying becomes a gateway to the joy of living

Jun 24 2016

Xavier Beauvois: Of Gods and Men

Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.
Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Love conquers all … even death

Jun 17 2016

T. S. Eliot: A Man Out of Time

Lady Ottoline Morrell, T. S. Eliot.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

The great Modernist poet on the meaning of life

Jun 10 2016

Plato: Phaedrus and the Charioteer

Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

How the ancients’ love of chariot racing became a metaphor for the human condition

Jun 03 2016

Alan Jacobs: Who Am I?

Paula Marvelly, Alan Jacobs.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

A dialogue on the nature of the Self

Andrei Tarkovsky: Cinematic Genius

Andrei Tarkovsky.
Photograph: Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

How Russian filmmaker turned movie making into transcendental art

Upahar: Bright Like a Million Suns

Paula Marvelly, Bright Like a Million Suns.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

A musical rendition of the poetry of Saint Kabir

Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Marianne Werefkin, Prayer.
Image: Public Domain

How the fear of dying becomes a gateway to the joy of living

Xavier Beauvois: Of Gods and Men

Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.
Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Love conquers all … even death

T. S. Eliot: A Man Out of Time

Lady Ottoline Morrell, T. S. Eliot.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

The great Modernist poet on the meaning of life

Plato: Phaedrus and the Charioteer

Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

How the ancients’ love of chariot racing became a metaphor for the human condition

Ansel Adams: The Search for Beauty

Ansel Adams, Manzanar birds on wire.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How the purpose of art reflects an ideal world

Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life.
Image: © Searchlight Pictures

A visionary masterpiece of the beginnings of time

Paula Marvelly, Alan Jacobs. Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

Andrei Tarkovsky. Photograph: Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

Paula Marvelly, Bright Like a Million Suns. Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

Marianne Werefkin, Prayer. Image: Public Domain

Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Lady Ottoline Morrell, T. S. Eliot. Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Ansel Adams, Manzanar birds on wire. Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. Image: © Searchlight Pictures

Paula Marvelly, Alan Jacobs.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

Andrei Tarkovsky.
Photograph: Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

Paula Marvelly, Bright Like a Million Suns.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

Marianne Werefkin, Prayer.
Image: Public Domain

Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.
Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Lady Ottoline Morrell, T. S. Eliot.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Ansel Adams, Manzanar birds on wire.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life.
Image: © Searchlight Pictures