May 8, 2020"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist." Robert SchumannThis is a noble calling but what about those of us who aren’t artists? Our responsibility is to let the light of art into the dark

Daily High Culture 15: Define the Moment

May 7th, 2020 3m 58s

Daily High Culture 15May 7, 2020"Either define the moment or the moment will define you." Walt WhitmanHere’s an easy one, to understand. Define the moment or the moment will define you is the very definition of taking control of our lives.

Daily High Culture 14: The Infinite Speech of the Heart

May 7th, 2020 3m 43s

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words—because it is infinite.Richard WagnerGreat music will forever speak to our hearts for this very reason. I have done a lot of talking and writing about music

Daily High Culture 13: The Echo of Weariness and Pain

May 5th, 2020 6m 42s

Daily High Culture 13“He heard the choir of voices in the kitchen echoed and multiplied through an endless reverberation of the choirs of endless generations of children and heard in all the echoes an echo also of the recurring note of wearine

Daily High Culture 12: Create from the Heart

May 4th, 2020 4m 19s

“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.” Marc ChagallMarc Chagall was one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. What he has defined for us here is the concept of “feeling it” versus “thin

Daily High Culture 11: I Want to be Who I Can Become

May 3rd, 2020 6m 21s

Daily High Culture 11Wagner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOJPgRrQ4EYou only know me as you see me, not as I actually am.” Immanuel KantThis is one of the fundamental truths of life. For better or worse, no one knows us as we actually a

Daily High Culture 10: What Good is the Afterlife?

May 1st, 2020 7m 7s

Daily High Culture #10“The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.” Ludwig WittgensteinHere we go. Wittgenstein was a king. He always wanted us to stop asking qu

Daily High Culture # 9: What if I Don't Like Work?

Apr 30th, 2020 5m 40s

“I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other person can ever know.” Joseph ConradI must agree with Joseph Conrad, the author of Heart of Darkn

Daily High Culture 8: Afraid of Perfect Love?

Apr 29th, 2020 5m 8s

“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.” Somerset MaughamThis quote is packed with emotion as soon as we stop and consider how this phenom

Daily High Culture 7

Apr 28th, 2020 5m 37s

“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.” Tchaikovsky

Daily Infusion of High Culture #6

Apr 27th, 2020 4m 43s

Chopin thinks simplicity is the highest goal.

Daily Infusion of High Culture #5

Apr 26th, 2020 3m 19s

Some Beethoven and Rubens for your Sunday!

Daily Infusion of High Culture #4

Apr 25th, 2020 2m 34s

William Butler Yeats, Giuseppe Verdi, and Francisco Goya.

Daily Infusion of High Culture #3

Apr 24th, 2020 2m 30s

A quote, a music recommendation, and a piece of art. Have a great day!

Daily Infusion of High Culture #2

Apr 23rd, 2020 4m 16s

“I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.” -MozartPainting: The NightmareComposition: Gran Partita 3rd Movement

Daily Infusion of High Culture Wed 4 - 22 - 20

Apr 22nd, 2020 7m 45s

A quote, a piece of art and a piece of music to start your day, every day.

What Is Home?

Apr 16th, 2020 14m 30s

Since we're all stuck at home, we thought it would be fun to explore some ideas about what home actually is.

It's Baroque And Don't Need Fixin'

Apr 16th, 2020 1m 41s

Take the 14.5 Hour Baroque Music Challenge HERE:https://www.classicalrebellion.com/listening-challenges/2020/4/12/its-baroque-and-dont-need-fixin-weekly-listening-challenge-2