Rabbit Trails
Articles and Essays about subjects of interest.
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They call them crazy ants. Tiny little things, almost invisible. If they ever infest your home you’ll understand why the name. Any disturbance near them sends them into wild frenzies of meaningless activity. Dashing about in circles, running into one another, looking like a scene from Keystone Cops. Behind the madness, however, lies a genius…
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The organ, as a musical instrument, has been around in one form or another, since the third century BC, but it wasn’t until medieval times that the instrument began to be used by the church, being installed in cathedrals such as Winchester and Notre Dam. During the Renaissance, the instrument evolved into a masterpiece of…
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Like some ancient languages, there are certain art forms that are on the endangered list. They include forms like script illumination and puppetry. In the case of “fore-edge painting”, the art is being reborn in young artists like Maisie Matilda.Fore-edge painting dates back to the tenth century AD, five-hundred years before the invention of the…
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“The Oubliette” is a compelling tale of the dark forces that have, from the beginning of time, doggedly shaped our world by their influence on the minds of men. It is the powerful story of one man’s confrontation with an imprisoned angel whose rebellion has been especially offensive to God. It is a fictional account…