The Most Beautiful Pastel Drawings Ever Seen?

Master Portraitist Jean-Étienne Liotard and 18th Century European Society This may be one of the most beautiful and pleasurable ways to study the richness and wealth of 18th century European society. Have you tried, for a moment, immersing yourself in the drawings of the Swiss portraitist, Jean-Étienne Liotard? It’s clear that at the time, his […]

Border Child

Since the Biden administration began, an estimated 100,000 illegal immigrants have made their way across the Mexican border. Most of these immigrants, however, are not coming from Mexico, but are making their way from central American countries like Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Panama, etc. Even more disturbing however, is the fact that […]

Can Europeans Tolerate More Restrictions Amidst a Third Wave of Coronavirus?

After riding a year of worry, tension, and hard-hitting emotions, many Europeans are finding their tolerance being tested over further restrictions, brought on by a current wave of coronavirus variants. Easter—a time when families usually enjoy a good get-together—has been marred by restrictions for many citizens for a second year; although some countries have been […]

Easter, A Celebration of Life

Easter, like many religious celebrations, have peculiarities that distinguish their festivities in different parts of the world. For many, it means a time of liturgy, for others might just be a day of a chocolate egg hunt.  In fact, its celebration dates back thousands of years. The first to celebrate the Passover were the Jews. […]

Tranquil to Turbulent: The Aesthetic Path of Ancient Greek Sculpture

In ancient Greek legend, it was Promethius who molded humankind out of clay. After he gave humanity the gift of life, he bestowed upon them fire, from fire he gave them the arts. In ancient Greek civilization up to the classical era (500 – 323 B.C.), the main purpose of a person’s life was to […]

San Diego Bay

On September 28, 1542, Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo and his crew became the first Europeans to the pass through an inlet which led them into what is now known as San Diego Bay. The next day, September 29th, the day on which Saint Michael the Archangel is honored, Cabrillo named the deep, wide waterway […]

Life Only Gives Us Two Choices: The Parable of Hercules

We can travel in a nearly infinite amount of directions in our lives. The world and any path may lie before us. In the parable Hercules at the crossroads, a tale from the classical era of Greece, Xenophon, one of Socrates’ students tells of his teacher relaying a story about Hercules being presented with but […]

How to Protect Youth from Online Grooming

For a long time, we have been talking about social networks and their influence on our lives. How do the things that really matter happen to us and who are those that influence our decisions and our thoughts?. Perhaps for those of us who already have a few decades under our belt it is a […]

Important Old Masters in Dutch Painting

From stunning originals like Hieronymus Bosch through to the Dutch Golden Age of the 1650s, The Netherlands produced countless masterpieces across every category of painting. Most are familiar with towering figures like Rembrandt or Vermeer, but there is more to an art movement than two figures. From an internationally successful woman to Dürer’s great Dutch […]

Happy Memories at Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam

This happened on Christmas Eve, at the barracks of the Station, which served as temporary quarters for sailors preparing to go back to the USA, or the quarters for others such as we, hospital corpsman were quartered. We were separated from other sailors by ratings. We were free to walk around the compound, or go […]