For the modernist, Christmas must be stripped of its Christian meaning, separated from the religious holy day it is and always has been. It is not breaking news that traditional Christmas to secularists is the epitome of religious exclusion and consequently considered intolerant. Therefore, in the hands of secularists and modernists, it has undergone severe…
It has become a truism today that art and artistry constitute some personal experience, individualistic interpretation, or emotional self-expression. And while many pieces of art today are designed to be abstract, the meanings of which are left to the imagination of the viewer, not for one moment should one assume that there is no deeper…
A holy priest I know once defined beauty as “order with variety.” The world, however, sees beauty as relative and simply a matter of personal preference. The appreciation of beauty is so innate in the human mind that it is a wonder that many have come to consider the mundane and grotesque as “art.” But…
