Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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January of 2010’s Deviant Artist of the Month
I’ve decided to start the New Year writing about the many artists I’ve recently discovered on the deviantArt website (http://www.deviantart.com/). This site enables artists to post their work in virtual galleries and allow admirers to post comments on them. There are dozens of art categories and styles to browse through. In fact, over 100 million…
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Angel Time By Anne Rice
Angel Time by Anne Rice is a departure from her previous work. In the past, Anne’s characters struggled with the fact that their very existences were irredeemable. Characters like Lestat fought against their innate evil, but were doomed to live with it. This new novel reflects Anne’s Christian conversion and offers her protagonist salvation. This is…
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Zangetsu
By Jason Zapata Why do you still believe you wander alone Can you not feel my presence in this place Hear my footsteps on this path I retrace Through the course of your flesh and bone
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The Child Thief By Brom
The Child Thief is Brom’s third major publication and first full length novel. I was excited to hear about his dark retelling of the classic Peter Pan Myth. When I got my hands on the novel itself, I was very surprised. This wasn’t an illustrated story like his previous works The Devil’s Rose or The…
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The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold’s
“The Lovely Bones,” by Alice Sebold is a beautifully written drama. This was a difficult piece of work to write well. Child rape and murder was not an easy subject for the author to base the novel on. The unique approach Sebold took to writing this story makes it not just bearable to read, but…
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