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Contemplating “The Goldfinch”

Serena Zacharias | Monday, August 17, 2020

My favorite book of all time is “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt. While I could go on about the book for ages, I’d like to focus on the painting the story centers on. “The Goldfinch” was painted in 1654 by the Dutch artist Carol Fabritius. In the same year, 32-year-old Fabritius died in a gunpowder

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Regretting Rousseau

Devon Chenelle | Wednesday, August 23, 2017

It is difficult to find a better personal symbol of the ’60s, in both its aesthetic and values, than John Lennon. In his 1971 song “Imagine,” Lennon implores listeners “to imagine” there are “no countries,” “no religion” and “no possessions,” circumstances which, Lennon declares, would lead to “all the people” variously “living for today,” “living

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Define your own ‘guī jŭ’

April Feng | Friday, January 22, 2016

Guī jŭ: Verb: To regulate, to limit, to straighten, to shape. Noun: Rule, good manner, limit, shape, self-control. One day when I was four years old, my kindergarten teacher walked into the classroom and announced: “Today we will learn how to sit.” She then introduced to us the concept of guī jŭ, the ability to