For the last month or two, I have been prepping for a summer seminar I’ll be taking on Existentialism. When I applied, I was looking at the moderately premature end of my teaching career and trying to find the passion and direction for what’s next. I had some misgivings while writing the application, because only open…
How do goals fit into a spiritually-oriented life? That’s a powerful and provocative question. I am a meditation instructor and the problem of goals comes up very often in conversations I have with people who are uncertain about taking up or moving deeper into a spiritual practice. I realized this morning exactly why this question…
This larger-than-life bronze equestrian statue depicts King Wladyslaw Jagiello, the Grand Duke of Lithuania who united Lithuania and Poland after marrying the Queen of Poland and becoming king. Polish sculptor Stanislaw Ostrowski (1879–1947) created the sculpture, and Parks Chief Consulting Architect Aymar Embury II (1880–1966) designed the granite pedestal. The monument depicts King Jagiello leading…
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