I am an artist, writer and amateur theologian. My interests range from artistic aesthetic theory, church history, liturgy and metaphysical theology. My art reflects my dedication to a serious revival of art in the church and culture.
Or, How Art Styles Dictate Religious Piety A while ago a book by the art historian Elizabeth Lev called How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art was released to much acclaim in our corners of the internet. The title implies a lofty goal, one which I am…
I was finally able to fulfill a longtime dream of mine to visit Germany. Bavaria, in particular. Me and my travel companions, of course, visited Neuschwanstein castle like the tourists we are, and then the small town of Fussen not far from it. As we walked around the old town, a time capsule of an…
A Homely Place for Worship I visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa with a friend, where I encountered two distinct churches on the premises. The new church, where we attended the Polish mass, bore the influence of Vatican II and felt somewhat hollow and sterile. The old chapel, nestled within a quaint…