The School of Athens (Scuola di Atene) - Raphael (1509-1511, Vatican City)
Hi everyone! No matter if you are reading this soon after I post it or you find this blog years later, I’m very glad that you’re here. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to visit. I hope that you find something here that interests you and that you can sink your teeth into or, at the very least, nibble on a bit.
This blog is for those who are interested in any and everything. I don’t pretend to be or promise to become someone who is an expert on any one thing or anything at all for that matter, but I will promise to remain curious and open-minded. Please feel free to peruse at your leisure and dive into whatever strikes your fancy. I just ask for in return the same curiosity and open-mindedness to learning and to others’ same knowledge journey.
The way I have this blog set up is by article “intensity” so to speak. That is: I will tag each post (or series of posts) by “Deep Dives”, “Work Commute”, or “Tidbits”. “Deep Dives” are what they sound like- deep dives into a particular subject. “Work Commutes” are shorter posts. Something you could read on your commute to work if you take something like public transit (sorry to those of you like myself who have to drive yourselves to work and thus cannot do a little light reading in the morning!). “Tidbits” are shorter, bite-sized chunks and are things that I find interesting and want to share with you all but are posts you don’t have to devote too much time to reading.
All of this isn’t to say that shorter pieces might not turn into longer pieces later! I am always open to going down research rabbit holes as it were to learn more about something. Like I said before though, whatever post you read and no matter its “intensity” level, I thank you again for visiting and I hope you leave a little bit more knowledgeable and, at the very least, a little hungrier.
-Polly
Header Image: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) - Caspar David Friedrich (1818, Hamburg)
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