David M. Rubin | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Circle of Angels https://www.thesmartset.com/circle-of-angels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=circle-of-angels https://www.thesmartset.com/circle-of-angels/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=62156 A foreshortened dove soars to us, wings outstretched. The pure white bird has dipped down to clear the trees, or perhaps has just condensed from cloud. Moving or frozen in space, the bird is perfectly centered above a hand holding a clamshell, gently pouring water. It is the embodiment of the Holy Spirit and is […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/circle-of-angels/feed/ 0 The Finding and Making of “Saints & Symbols” https://www.thesmartset.com/the-finding-and-making-of-saints-symbols/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-finding-and-making-of-saints-symbols https://www.thesmartset.com/the-finding-and-making-of-saints-symbols/#comments Mon, 02 May 2022 12:18:34 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=57661 When I read Sebald or Nabokov I am seated in my apartment in New Hope or maybe walking in Norwich, or the Congo, or Ithaca, or Zembla  ­— or Eden. Are fictional worlds based on real worlds more real than totally invented worlds or worlds where the writers are the characters? I may as well […]

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