Of course, a lot of people would ask, “Why to teach Harry Potter?” and they’re right to ask. The reason is because kids are reading it. That doesn’t mean you should make kids read it who otherwise wouldn’t (it isn’t THAT good), but for those who are, it would make for good discussion. There are …
Charlotte Mason spoke of Living Ideas. James Taylor developed the ideas of John Senior and others under the concept of Poetic Knowledge. Michael Polanyi wrote an important book called Personal Knowledge. Christian de Quincey pushed a lot farther with his book Radical Knowing, looking to eastern mysticism for his foundations. But in all of these …
If you were writing a fairy tale/fantasy a la Tolkien, Lewis, MacDonald, even Rowling, would you give magical powers to the humans in the story? Why? Comment and let me know!
Big news in the film industry last month: Kenneth Brannagh’s Hamlet came out on DVD at long last. I loved Mel Gibson’s 1990ish version of this play, but so much was edited that the story wasn’t the same. Brannagh includes every line from the text he uses and it’s well worth the four hours of …
