I dedicate this blog to my students – past, present, and future – who I always wanted more time with. Time to debate and discuss, and time to explore more deeply the history and ideas that we barely touched upon in class.
I dedicate this blog to my students – past, present, and future – who I always wanted more time with. Time to debate and discuss, and time to explore more deeply the history and ideas that we barely touched upon in class.
myintelligentlife.wordpress.com 
I officially became “Enlightened” after taking your class. Thanks. =)
Thanks, Edgar. That means a lot 🙂
This site is amazing! I’ve been looking for a way to to put more art in my daily life V.V
Thanks Lauren! I’m glad you like it!
I echo Lauren’s sentiment. You are a fine discourser on your subject. The stale intellectual snobbiness is nowhere to be found in your work. You come across as openminded and well informed. This may be the best blog I have come across on my wanderings.
Thank you so much! That’s an incredible compliment.
I am loving it so far! Even downloaded the app to read them while I’m at work. I miss you so much and thank you for changing my life. Best teacher I’ve ever had 🙂
Thank you so much, Connie! Miss you and our many conversations we had over the years. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!
So cute Merino. I wish I would have taken ap euro with you! D:
I had nine months of Napoleon Bonaparte and the defenestration of Prague. It was…less than enlightening to say the least. I was jipped damn it. I’m thinking of starting a blog because of your wonderful success here. Alas, I have nothing to talk about. I doubt my college woos are of any interest haha
woes*.
Although the 2nd Defenestration of Prague was pretty cool, I couldn’t imagine 9 months of it. You should have taken my AP Euro… It would have been great to have you as a student there. That’s always been my favorite class to teach.
And yes! Start a blog! If you like writing you’ll love it.
My comment got me thinking. I’m going to start an informative, fun little art history blog. Each week I’m going to feature a different style (expressionism, romanticism, etc.). Vincent Van Gogh’s many, many woes will be open for business next week! Fun little way to explore what I love. (:
Yes! I love it!
Question: How the hell do I get rid of that ‘Just another wordpress blog’ from the header?! It is driving me mad.
Settings -> “tagline”
I think that’s what you mean….
This is proof of the Holies are follower! And what about a dedication to cacao
At long last! A “holy” reads the blog 🙂
And “cacan” is throughout this blog, if not explicitly stated, in spirit. Although if you read the New Year post I talk about him there at length.
Love you!
I meant cacao but I can’t type on the iPad!
Ca can it spellchecks it to cacao!
haha 😉
For starters, I feel obliged to disclose that I intuit an enigmatic connection to anyone who is or was a high school history teacher and/ or a single parent because my father was the former and my mother was the latter. So, maybe I am partial and predisposed towards history educators and single parents. (We are products of our environment and our genes.) Who knows? Anyway, I just finalized a perusal of several of your posts. I was reminded of a Martin Gardner quote concerning Isaac Asimov and I thought it was pertinent:
“When I first met Asimov, I asked him if he was a professor at Boston University. He said no and … asked me where I got my Ph.D. I said I didn’t have one and he looked startled. “You mean you’re in the same racket I am,” he said, “you just read books by the professors and rewrite them?”
I feel certain this quote embodies your blog and I intend that to be a premier accolade. For, Asimov was profoundly coruscating, enjoyed a gluttonous craving for erudition, and was proficient in every realm of human thought. (Asimov joked, “that he had published books in all ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System.” Not true, he couldn’t conquer philosophy.) Your similar adept writing on such a wide-range of subjects is admirable and I surmise that is why I detected a compulsion to scribble this comment. I sense, in you, an Asimovic thirst. Or maybe I am just a nostalgic fool?
Whatever it is, continue reading and writing as if you are “hungrily, operating on the margins of a potentially great harvest of future knowledge and wisdom.”
BTW, I came across your blog on Dr. Coyne’s website, so here’s to seeing ya ’round.
Cheers