Beato vs Fantano: Is Music Getting Worse? | Noteworthy with Jon Hersey

by Jon HerseyArt & Culture, Featured

Jul 23, 2024

Is music getting worse? Or is it doing just fine? Two of YouTube’s most popular music critics—Rick Beato and Anthony Fantano—disagree.

Orlando’s Christmas Gift: Two Nutcrackers and Spiritual Fuel

by Robert BegleyFeatured

Dec 31, 2020

When was the last time you leaped to your feet to applaud artists performing live in a theater? It seems like forever ago for me. That void was recently filled...

How to Make Work Something You Love

by Thomas Walker-WerthFeatured

Dec 18, 2020

For many people, “work” is a word with unpleasant associations. Children associate it with the burden of school work, which they have to do, like it or not. Many adults...

“Pick Yourself Up” with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

by Angelica Walker-WerthFeatured

Dec 5, 2020

Performers who love what they do can invoke a pure, soul-fueling joy in their audiences. Two performers who exemplify this are Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The pair starred together...

The Value of Creative Solo Projects

by Joseph KellardFeatured

Nov 25, 2020

Producing a solo work of art that beautifies your home can leave you with a wonderful daily reminder of your abilities. I learned this after arranging photos I’d taken over...

Improve Your Life in Seconds with Mel Robbins’ 5-Second Rule

by Maggie BirdFeatured

Nov 14, 2020

Feelings are not proper guides to action, but they are a tremendous and compelling aspect of our lives. Whatever goals you are pursuing, there may be moments when you don’t...

Swan Lake and the Triumph of the Good

by Angelica Walker-WerthFeatured

Sep 8, 2020

“A gracefully effortless floating, flowing and flying are the essentials of the ballet’s image of man. It projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.” ― Ayn...

I Can Reach Any Star: The Beautiful Philosophy of Star Trek: Enterprise

by Thomas Walker-WerthFeatured

Jul 10, 2020

We’re going to stumble, make mistakes, I’m sure more than a few before we find our footing, but we’re going to learn from those mistakes. That’s what being human is...

Helen Keller’s Five Keys to Being Happy

by Craig BiddleFeatured

Jun 30, 2020

Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and joy. —Helen Keller. In 1882, when Helen Keller was nineteen months old, an illness left her blind, deaf, and...

Why We Created OSI

by Sarah BiddleFeatured

May 22, 2020

Many people live unhappy lives because they accept philosophic ideas that undermine personal happiness, such as “Being moral consists in selflessly serving others.” Likewise, many advocate and live under statist...

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