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Author: Sean Weeks

Sean Weeks studied classics at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia and archaeology at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He loves exploring our relationship to art and connections between culture and history. If you want to read more of his writing, check out his website at www.weeksauthor.com. He currently resides in Salem with his wife.
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Shows a bevy of hot air balloons in flight.

Ballooning, Aerostation, and the Tragedy of Newton’s First Law

March 31, 2023 Sean Weeks

Behold the Mighty Air Balloon! “Some [in the 18th century]considered that there might be an arms race in [hot air] balloon technology. . . . Much more menacing, however, especially for the British Isles, was the possibility that they could … Continue reading Ballooning, Aerostation, and the Tragedy of Newton’s First Law

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Illustration made for Oliver Twist

The Art of the Steal in Western Literary History and Writing

March 23, 2023 Sean Weeks

In a previous article I expounded on stealing and artistic borrowing in music. Well, “expound” may be misleading. It was a meditation on the challenges of inspiration, the central question being “When does a piece of art become ours?” Here, … Continue reading The Art of the Steal in Western Literary History and Writing

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Picture of Augustus' Altar of Peace

Key Concepts About Power and Religion in Ancient Rome

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Sean Weeks

Introduction Societies dug up and studied the bones of ancient Rome for wisdom, but those bones come from an alien cultural body. As a result, those societies didn’t always interpret them correctly. Whether they know it or not, today’s students could … Continue reading Key Concepts About Power and Religion in Ancient Rome

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portrait of Handel

The Art of the Steal in Music History

March 4, 2023 Sean Weeks

Introduction Saint Columba – Painter: J.R. Skelton (1865-1927) The first copyright battle (as far as we know) was waged not by lawyers, but swords. In the 6th century, Irish Abbot Saint Columba copied a religious text belonging to missionary Saint … Continue reading The Art of the Steal in Music History

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The hill and cross in Rousay.

A Poem to the Orkney Island of Rousay, Scotland

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Sean Weeks

  Some see their story in the firs, in budding green and fallow earth. I see my story in the stone which creaks and grinds and gnashes slow,for life is long and living short.   We measure years by walking … Continue reading A Poem to the Orkney Island of Rousay, Scotland

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Mural of mythical city.

Travel Guide: Hidden Gems in Portland, Oregon

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Sean Weeks

It’s Been Rough 2020 left its mark on Portland. My wife and I saw it in the boarded-up windows and graffiti. We saw it in the empty buildings of businesses shuttered during the pandemic. We saw it in the mask-framed … Continue reading Travel Guide: Hidden Gems in Portland, Oregon

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Scientific Reason Behind Why Renaissance Statues are White

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Sean Weeks

The question seems absurd or even disrespectful on its surface. The hallowed names of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Caravaggio, and others inform every student of art and art history. Leonardo’s Mona Lisa portrait, which is a mere 30 x … Continue reading Scientific Reason Behind Why Renaissance Statues are White

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Diorama of a Warhammer 40K battlefield. Stalwart walls are manned by men in hulking power suits. They face off against a swarm of bug-like creatures.

What’s the Deal with Warhammer?

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Sean Weeks

In some dusty corner of the Internet, I have no doubt that there’s a comic about Warhammer Anonymous. Imagine a dungeon-like cellar. Nebbish young men sit in a circle. One by one, they shuffle forward to confess that they, too, like … Continue reading What’s the Deal with Warhammer?

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From the Land of Hunger and Thirst

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Sean Weeks

Genyen’s men and children swished around cracks between the shacks surrounding the main road. Daniel Hardy had to squint his sixty-year-old eyes against the muggy mid-afternoon and the Haitian sun, but he saw the marks. Etched on each shoulder, by … Continue reading From the Land of Hunger and Thirst

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