We have grown up reading books and tales with underlying morals. However, these morals and values weren’t explicitly mentioned. Rather, allegories were used that had deep meanings. Allegory is a ...

"Narcissus" by Caravaggio (c. 1598). Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain What is an allegory? An allegory (Greek, "a speaking about something else") is a complete and cohesive narrative, for ...

NEWTON, Massachusetts, 1980, and a boy of 12 sneaks into a cinema. Having already seen Alien and Halloween, the youngster considers himself pretty hardcore when it comes to horror. Ten minutes later, ...

I recently came across an obscure compact disc (CD) from the equally obscure progressive rock band Caravan. The CD was titled "Blind Dog at St. Dunstans." At the end of the seventh song, "Jack and ...