Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.

I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...

Plato and Aristotle agreed that philosophy starts in wonder, but wonder is a much broader feeling than what they meant. There is...

How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.

Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?

The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus

The name of one of music history's most most difficult sets of sonatas is unknown, but its beauty is evident.

These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.

Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!

Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?

Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.

Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.

I am in love with texture. These five photos give the reader different experiences of it.

Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.

A guide to saying Yes and saying No. Dr Seabury got there 20 years before Miss Rand.

Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.

A tiny essay about a guy with a big mustache.

What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.

Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.

The beauty of baroque music is that it can be realized in so many ways. Four versions of the same sweet song.