Tag Archives: George Richmond

stand-off

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Dave

It can be said that evolutionary theory is the centerpiece of modern Western thought, in fact of Western secular society, from economics, consumerism, the military, agriculture to parenting and politics. The appeal of linear progression, the basis for invidious comparison … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alexander McQueen, Charles Darwin, Christopher Hitchens, Darwin theory of evolution, George Bernard Shaw, George Richmond, Martin Heidegger, Rev. William Paley, Richard Dawkins, Schmuley Boteach, william lane craig, William Paley | Leave a comment

DREAM WEAVER

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Dave

A poet and painter. William Blake. After an attempt to live in the country at Sussex, at the urging of the well intentioned, but mediocre poet, William Hayley; Blake feeling himself patronized and intruded upon, returned to London. On returning … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Crabb Robinson, Ezra Pound, G.K. Chesterton, George Richmond, James Joyce, Joseph Priestly, Morris Eaves, S. Foster Damon, S. Foster Damon Blake Dictionary, Samuel Foster Damon, Samuel Palmer, Stlukesguild's Ramblings, Thomas Paine, William Blake, William Blake Jersusalem | Leave a comment

IN THE VAPOUR OF THE HEAVENLY HOST

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Dave

T.S. Eliot said that William Blake’s work had the “unpleasantness” of great poetry because it was the product of a kind of terrifying honesty. Blake ( 1757-1827 ) had never been spoilt by a formal, academic education, Eliot argued, and … Continue reading →