Solitude and Community

Solitude and Community

Artists need solitude to create (or “conjure”), but we need one another too. Mandy and Matt and Christina discuss finding a balance between these seemingly contradictory needs.

Creating from the Darkness

Creating from the Darkness

Isaac Hans, photographer, is the
Winter 2024 Feature Artist in
Anselm Society's new column.

Meeting God in Our Tears (Bonus Episode)

Meeting God in Our Tears (Bonus Episode)

Chase Whitney emphasizes the significance of tears as a uniquely human experience, and discusses how joy and tears can make room for each other as we seek God in our lives.

Books Brought Them Together

Books Brought Them Together

The story goes like this. A
woman got brave and started a
book club. How did it turn out?
(You can read all about it here.)

The Symbolic World Courses

The Symbolic World Courses

Check out Jonathan
Pageau’s Symbolic World
Courses which are deeply
rooted in story telling and
the ancient traditions.

Flip the Pub Table: Matt Mellema Interview

Flip the Pub Table: Matt Mellema Interview

Matt’s debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Red Rex, is here! Join Mandy and Christina as they talk with Matt about the dream, the process, the plot, the characters, the illustrations — and the footnotes.

Obligated to Create?

Obligated to Create?

Calvin and Hobbes, and the Spiderman question for all of us…does great responsibility come with great power?

Taylor Swift’s Storytelling Power

Taylor Swift’s Storytelling Power

Taylor Swift is the most popular musician since the Beatles. And Matt doesn’t understand. So he sits down with a thoughtful fan to see if she can show him the ways of the Swifties.