The Age of the Silk Road Nomadic Empires This is part of a post series. Check out the previous posts linked below Before we dive in today, I wanted to pause before we get into the weeds, and weedy it will get. Though I have tried to approach a narrative that is as simple asContinue reading “Steppe Out into New Horizons Part 3”
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Steppe Out into New Horizons Part 2
The so-called Barbarians This is part of a post series. Check out part 1 linked below We base our history on the rise and fall of civilizations. However, the civilizations we focus on are entirely based on what they were able to build. The edifices they literally build. We learn early on that these areContinue reading “Steppe Out into New Horizons Part 2”
Steppe Out into New Horizons
In the last quest, I went through the process of searching and finding an answer. Yet I continued to search because the answer was not what I wanted to find. Sometimes we must be willing to accept what is in front of us. That might be something new that challenges what we know or don’tContinue reading “Steppe Out into New Horizons”
A Gem of a Creature
A funny thing happened not too long ago. I asked myself a question I was surprised I didn’t know the answer to because I felt I should have. It all started whilst enjoying one of my favorite pastimes – Asian cinema, particularly movies from India. I was enjoying an epic and as with all periodContinue reading “A Gem of a Creature”
The Art of Revision Part 3
Women’s Place in History When I look at the portrait of the Lavoisier’s by David, I find that the real center of the piece is Marie Anne Lavoisier. Looking at it with fresh eyes I cannot believe that I had not seen it before. Everything about it says I— Marie Anne— am what this pieceContinue reading “The Art of Revision Part 3”
The Art of Revision Part 2
Where Science and Art Meet: The Path of Innovation “The arts and sciences are essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life” -George Washington We continue the journey sparked by revisiting my opinion, or more accurately my initial dismissal, of the portrait of Antoine and Marie AnneContinue reading “The Art of Revision Part 2”
The Art of Revision
There is a gut feeling I get while pondering that sets me off in a wandering quest— a meander. It might take me to discover new territory, but sometimes it might bring me to a territory already visited. I think it is important to allow ourselves to wander in those spaces — new and old.Continue reading “The Art of Revision”
Sense of Wonder 