George Bothamley at Art Every Day did something interesting with two painters whom, at first glance, you might not immediately connect to each other. He looked at Edward Hopper & Johannes Vermeer, and he found some striking similarities.
I think, therefore Iamb. Andrew Benson Brown at the Society of Classical Poets has a video on “How to Write Iambic Pentameter in 13 Minutes." You, too, can write sonnets like Shakespeare!
When life is going well, it’s easy to give thanks. But what do you do when life isn’t going so well, when life is, well, like life. We all experience illness, grief, loss, hurt, and tragedy. Should you, can you, give thanks in those times as well? Aaron Armstrong has some suggestions for giving thanks in the worst of times.
More Good Reads
British Stuff
The Forgotten Corners of Old London and The Streets of Old London – Spitalfields Life.
Writing and Literature
The Beat Goes On: Michael Connelly on Words, Writers & ‘The Waiting’ – John Valeri at CrimeReads.
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper – John Miller and Bradley Birzer at National Review (podcast).
Poetry
A Review of Memory's Abacus by Anna Lewis – Zina Gomez-Liss at New Verse Review.
“Rice Pudding,” poem by A.A. Milne and “The Chimney Sweeper,” poem by William Blake – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
A Poet’s Thanks – L.L. Barkat at Every Day Poems.
Art
Snug as a bug: conservation work reveals beetle in Gauguin cat painting – Martin Bailey at The Art Newspaper.
Life and Culture
Do-able Simplicities: On Letter Writing and Fountain Pens – Art Kusserow at Front Porch Republic.
Nonprofit nabobery: On the Ford Foundation’s philanthropy – The New Criterion.
Faith
The (Unimpressive) Ambassadors of Heaven – Seth Lewis
Low-Tide Evangelism – Glen Scrivener at The Gospel Coalition.
Calling All Christians: The Everyday Mission of God – Seth Porch at Desiring God.
The Battle and the Blessing – City Alight
Painting: Girl Reading, oil on canvas (1883) by Otto Scholderer (1834-1902).
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