Miscellaneous
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Art and mathematics
What do mathematics and art have in common? Some people see these two disciplines as incompatible by definition. Others see mathematics within art, at least in areas such as geometry and perspective. This essay attempts to dig a little deeper, to examine the principles and philosophies of these two disciplines and how they might relate.
Are all religions essentially the same?
Recently, a friend surprised me by saying that she no longer identified herself as a 'Christian'. She still prayed, she said, but no longer held the belief that there was only 'one path to God'. This got me thinking... despite the appeal of such inclusivism, is this really a more enlightened approach to religion? And on what basis can Christianity claim to be true, to be a religion worth following?
Erotiko de desegnado
An essay, in Esperanto, on the erotics of drawing. Originally published in Monato, May 2001
The erotics of drawing
English translation of the above essay.
Moderna arto: Kio ĝi estas? De kie ĝi venis?
Notes (in Esperanto) for a lecture at the Worldwide Esperanto Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, July 2012. (‘Modern art: What is it? Where did it come from?’)
Of toy trains and haystacks: modernism in art
Examines the fundamental changes in thinking that produced the art of the twentieth century. Originally written for a Christian arts magazine, Talents.
Favourite quotations
Semi-random, favourite quotations.