Is the Romantic Comedy Dead Yet?
It isn’t that we’ve run out of stories to tell; we’ve just told the same story too many times. Gracy…
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Photographer, Painter, Woman, Dancer
An interview with artist extraordinaire, Kate Capato.
“A Gypsy’s Until” – A Poem
An original poem by Genevieve Cunningham
In Defense of Daydreaming
The one thing on which Google, 3M, and Christianity agree. Joseph Cunningham Joseph is a featured Humane Pursuits columnist. He…
What Hero Will You Be?
An excerpt from my new book on fostering imagination in children. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
The Flower That Fled from Its Vase
An interview with artist extraordinaire, Carrie Mazure. Tell me about yourself. What’s your story? What was your first art work?…
What Is An Un-Artistic Person Supposed to Do with Art?
When some people are born with artistic talent, and you’re not one of them… Joseph Cunningham Joseph is a featured…
The Advantages of Having No Brain (But Lots of Time to Exist)
These minutes burst like bees from hives To sting or pollinate our lives; They build a honeyed forest where Rooms…
Technology? Let’s Ask the Story Tellers
Ever since the scientific revolution, technology has been increasingly seen as the answer to almost all our problems. Nathan Huffstutler…
Oxford and Creativity
Writing from a place that has inspired the best of writers. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
Kill Bill with My Mom
Reflections on family movie night. John Brewer Eberly My name is John Brewer Eberly, Jr., but most call me Brewer….
How New Technology is Changing our Capacity for Hope
Technology and memory, or why there’s a 50% chance you won’t finish this post. Peter Atkinson Peter Atkinson is an…
Poetry is a Garden, Not a Microwave Dinner
And then we want to go to lunch, and forget everything we’ve heard.
Audrey Hepburn and Helping Others See
Sharing a few moments from my day in a coffee shop. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
Beauty and Sacred Space
We need to value sacred space because of the impact it can have on our activities and on us, body…
Why You Should Read Old Books
They’re not just for “smart people.”
The Wisdom (and Frustration) of Creative Expression
Wisdom is expressed through creativity.
The Godfather of Totalitarian Architecture
How buildings shape (and ruin) community.
Is Star Wars More Morally Complex than Lord of the Rings?
A symposium. (Weigh in!) The Editors At Humane Pursuits, we want to be the explorers of an ancient originality, rediscovering…
Allies in Imagination
Check out “Story Warren.” Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the University of…