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The Commonplace

A collective of Classical creators countering the convoluted
American Dream through the study of literature & the arts.

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We focus on two things:

providing a platform for like-minded creators to share their work,
& keeping a digital, community Commonplace Book.

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The Bard’s Prologue

When the Miller had finished up his tale, And everything which was to be was told, All around laughed, both the young and the old....

The American Renaissance

We’ve all heard about the Renaissance. It’s one of the most important times in our world’s history, a time of enlightenment, and peace;...

Twisted, Curved, and Crooked

Did you know that the National Scoliosis Foundation says that about 4 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with scoliosis? Did you...

For Art's Sake

Have you ever stopped to consider what a strange thing “art” is? Take a painting for example; an artist has an idea, a spark of...

Joy in Fear

“...Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and...

The Fall of a Star

An adaptation of a Mafia night narration. A short story you now shall hear, A tragedy to tell. A tale I’ve seen, ending quite sad And you...

God of Horizons

You are blue meeting blue in unbroken symmetry. You are in the highways and high places. How come? How can it be? It’s you in the dirt...

Behind The Curtains

“Softly, deftly music shall surround you Feel it, hear it closing in around you” -The Phantom of the Opera The stage can be a terrifying...

Age

Will I ever grow up? It's so far away. Right now, the wind blows Full in my face. It doesn't chill my bones, or make me shake. I run...

Jubilee

We take hiatuses from things when our emotional landscape becomes parched. Social media, dessert, and television all get purged when we...

In God We Trust?

In God We Trust? We see it every day. On license plates, our money and it engraved above all who enter the state of the union. In God We...

Your Truth?

John 16:13 “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak...

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