Tag: homer

I promised myself to try to understand, not blame. It’s an impossible promise if applied solely to your relationships with those who fly into and out of your life. Practice it then with the characters of those in public art. Why not start with Odysseus? This blog responds to Christopher Nolan ‘The Odyssey ‘.

July 18, 2026

I promised myself to try to understand, not blame. It’s an impossible promise if applied solely to your relationships with those who fly into and out of your life. Practice it then with the characters of those in public art. Why not start with Odysseus? This blog responds to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey (seen at … More I promised myself to try to understand, not blame. It’s an impossible promise if applied solely to your relationships with those who fly into and out of your life. Practice it then with the characters of those in public art. Why not start with Odysseus? This blog responds to Christopher Nolan ‘The Odyssey ‘.

The ‘Nostos’ theme absorbs all the energy we ought to have for thinking about our responsibility for creating ‘homelessness’

August 25, 2025

The ‘Nostos’ theme absorbs all the energy we ought to have for thinking about our responsibility for creating ‘homelessness’ I wonder if the magic associated with the film E.T. – The Extraterrestrial is not a version of the staple myth of the Western world – the Homecoming or Nostos theme. It is the stuff of … More The ‘Nostos’ theme absorbs all the energy we ought to have for thinking about our responsibility for creating ‘homelessness’