I have often, over many years in my book reading, been asked what โbiographyโ I would recommend whose concern is the study of Abraham Lincoln. My response is always the same: โHow much do you really know about Abraham Lincoln?โ If you donโt know much, this is THE BOOK to start with. Author Benjamin …
Author: Mark Grago
Baltasar de Echave Ibia, “The Immaculate Conception”: A MAYAN TAPESTRY OF ETERNITY&WONDER๐จ๐จ๐จ
In the art world, the colour blue was highly sought after; however, in the Mayan world, it served quite a distinct purpose. As one can see in this portrait, the Virgin Mary has a Mayan quality, if one has studied the works and has categorized the process that the Mayan involved themselves in, in …
Les Fleurs du Mal “Flowers of Evil”: A Poetic Carnival of Erotic Mysticism โ๐ป
The setting for this essay is living in France. The symbolist movement has captured the imagination of the French people. Creativity is measured by creativity itself. Poetry, art, sculpture, and even journalism will be ravaged by a movement that is obsessed with imposing transfiguration and delicacy into worlds of mysticism and supposition. Romanticism and …
The Conjuring: A Quiet Family’s Battle Of Evil and Faith ๐ป๐ฆ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฝ
When the Perron Family moved into their idyllic farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971, they would have never envisioned it being such a test of strength and fortitude for their faith, each other, or to question their existence in the world. This film is a sinister adaptation of the true events of a house …
Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols: The Musical Landmark of Rebellion and Authority ๐ธ
In the year 1977, things in music were about to change. While the world danced to disco music and was being introduced to a cosmological style of guitar playing by Eddie Van Halen, a new era in music would plunder its way into the ears of innocent teenagers and annoy the most authoritarian parents. …




