That’s essentially the idea behind the storytelling trope known as “dark reflection,” a narrative device that goes beyond the fairytale distinction of good vs. evil and becomes more real, about self ...

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I was only an 11-year-old child when I first stumbled upon Viktor E. Frankl’s book, Man's Search for Meaning, although the first edition of the same book in my native language was titled, And Why Didn ...

A quiet sense of introspection defines this realistic reflection drawing, where meaning is conveyed through balance, light, ...

One word has many meanings in the new Disney Pixar film "Soul," which is both a celebration of African American culture and a reflection on the meaning of life. It features the first black lead ...

The celebration of the Fourth of July invites us to reflect on what it means to be an American citizen. Today, such reflection is especially necessary, because the meaning of American citizenship has ...

Meaning in Motion, a solo exhibition by Houston artist Pablo Gimenez Zapiola, is part of Spacetaker's Artist Resource Center (ARC) Exhibition Series. Through large-scale projections of words, literary ...

'The Christian faith presents Jesus Christ as the perfect example of what it means to live and what it takes to be fully alive' We will all die. That’s for certain. Perhaps it can be said that death ...