The world has always been a sorry and confused sort of place—yet poets and artists and scientists have ignored the factors that would, if attended to, paralyze them.

C.S. Lewis on why culture and learning still matter in times of crisis:

“Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have

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Our world feels chaotic and horrible, yet people are still falling in love and decorating their porches for whatever season it is and people are still trying to be good. Making art will make you more you , and that will make the world different and better for that difference, and then art and music and stories will have become the tools that keep... See more