Kurt Keefner
I am Present in the World
"Presence" is the intense experience of self and world--the poetry of existence, divinity in a godless but living universe.
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Kurt Keefner
- Apr 6, 2022
- 12 min
Madame X: Portrait of a Scandal
John Singer Sargent's Madame X was not only a bold artistic statement but a pivotal point in the invention of the modern woman.
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Kurt Keefner
- Nov 20, 2021
- 5 min
"For the Love of Wisdom"
I have decided to write another book, tentatively titled For the Love of Wisdom. It is going to be the sum of all my thinking about...
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Kurt Keefner
- Jun 30, 2021
- 16 min
The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 20, 2021
- 7 min
The Fate of Atlas
I really enjoyed Greek mythology as a boy, but I was never much interested in Atlas. His brother Prometheus, who created humankind and...
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Kurt Keefner
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
To Choose Wonder
Plato and Aristotle agreed that philosophy starts in wonder, but wonder is a much broader feeling than what they meant. There is...
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Kurt Keefner
- Feb 18, 2021
- 11 min
Self-Realization and Ecology
How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
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Kurt Keefner
- Dec 5, 2020
- 9 min
Freedom and Chess: Playing The Queen's Gambit
Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
Angel with No Name
The name of one of music history's most most difficult sets of sonatas is unknown, but its beauty is evident.
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 25, 2020
- 9 min
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 11, 2020
- 11 min
Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 17, 2020
- 7 min
North and South, An Industrial Synthesis
Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?
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Kurt Keefner
- Jun 12, 2020
- 11 min
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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