The Magician’s Bargain: Web3 and Music
Daniel Orsen, Musician
“Music has been one of the many things surrendered to nature in return for power; a victim of progress, and the changing consciousness that comes with it.”
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What Citizens Should Read
A Lewisian take on the civic mission of SCETL.
Zachary K. German, Arizona State University
ReadMistakes in Metal
Josiah Johnston describes his journey through fire, from blacksmith’s apprentice to knife designer.
The Airplane That Was
Andrew Cuff, Communications Director
“Americans are too pragmatic. Government regulations, subsidized ticket costs, terrorism, and handheld devices have all changed the flying experience. But it was our taste for practicality that allowed these vicissitudes to change it. ”
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Telos in the Chicken Coop
Mike Jackson, Design Lead
“True freedom in the classical sense only arises when we discover and understand what we are and live accordingly.”
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The Death of Eccentricity
Andrew Cuff, Communications Director
The most memorable teachers are the ones who defy normalcy. Read
High Tech, Low Life
Kevin Xu, Senior Strategist
“We are rushing to realize these visions of a dark future. Cyberpunk is not a Kaczynski-like manifesto against technology, but just an honest assessment of where over-technologization leads.”
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The Art of Story-telling
Zachary Porcu designs board games for a new generation of scops, bards, and poets.
Dadology
Kyle Berg, Technology Director
“People told me that being a parent would help me understand God’s unconditional love more clearly than anything else in life, and they were right.”
Micro Interview: Marijana Petir
A Croatian politician, former member of the EU Parliament, and advocate for Catholic values offers her thoughts on leadership.
Entrepreneuring Design
Michael Klein, Creative Director
“For a company to truly embrace design as a driving force in its own self-determination, the entrepreneur himself must become intellectually involved in design.”
Micro Interview: Stu Leventhal
A Cordon Bleu-trained chef and Philly restaurant consultant talks cuisine and society.
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Andrew Cuff, Communications Director
“Life and afterlife are more loosely located and closely linked. Each earthly-minded action carries with it some heavenly-minded import. Perhaps heaven, as C.S. Lewis suggested, is not merely a different physical place, but qualitatively greater one.”
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Micro Interview: Matthew Mehan
The acclaimed author of children’s books The Handsome Little Cygnet and Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals soliloquizes on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Take Me Back to the Town Square
Nick Lindquist, Strategist
“Culture is the engine of progress and its counterpart, return. We cannot return to the Fayetteville we knew until we rebuild the community that those old buildings represented.”
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The Lost America of Eastwood’s The Mule.
Andrew Cuff, Communications Director
(Happy Birthday, Clint)
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The Cunning Reason of Manuela
Mike Jackson, Design Lead
“Good art doesn’t just decorate walls, it’s personal—its theme and details, origin and context, even the backstory of its purchase, should carry meaning to its owner.”
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Echo:
Andrew Beck, Founding Partner
I wonder if this is why Ye has related over the years to the man known as Jesus of Nazareth, who said to the perplexed media elites of his day as He spoke in parables: “why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.”
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The Strenuous Life
Lindsay Connors, Strategy Director
For all that we have gained in comfort and technology, we are in danger of losing the physical courage that once defined us.
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