Sneak peek at my 9-11 memorial music

This is a preview of the first movement of a piece that David Matthews commissioned for the University of South Florida Chamber Singers. The official premiere of the whole piece is going to be at Florida ACDA in November. Dan Monek is also performing it at Marietta...

The beginning, middle, and end

Just in case you were confused, Aristotle explains it all.”A beginning is that which is not itself necessarily after anything else, and which has naturally something else after it; an end is that which is naturally after something itself, either as its necessary...

again on the evolutionary theory

I think I’ve finally figured out what I don’t like about the American press and evolutionary theory. When they interview biologists, I’m usually okay. When they interview psychologists, I get a little weird. Consider this report on NPR today: “Embed a tiny...

Plato v. Art: cage match

In book 10 of the Republic, Plato goes on one of his more extended rants against artists. His final target appears to be Homer. His first issue is that artists are always three steps from the truth. They make copies of copies. So, a painter paints a chair, but he...