“I like people to express themselves heartily, their words following wherever their thoughts lead.”
~ Montaigne, On the Art of Conversation
What is Art Of Conversation?
Officially, Art Of Conversation is a weekly publication about culture. Really, I’m examining how a deep engagement with books and cinema can help us live a good life.
Art Of Conversation is the product of two convictions. First, that culture is a conversation between times and places, and we can join in that conversation. Second, that meaning is found not in the shallows of life but in its depths.
At Art Of Conversation, you’ll read:
Long-form essays that wrestle with modern life by learning from the classics and the contemporary, from philosophy and faith, from literature and cinema.
Marginalia, which takes a close look at a specific book or film to see what it can tell us about how to live. Expect metaphysics to influence metal music, and Nabokov to explain Netflix.
There are also two long-running series: Double Take, which revisits books and movies I first encountered long ago, and Soundings, where I explore my ongoing struggles with faith and matters of “ultimate concern”.
Paying subscribers will also get access to “deleted scenes” and various peeks behind the scenes of my essays.
How to support Art Of Conversation
Art Of Conversation relies entirely on the support of its readers. I’m a one-man operation here; I have no staff, no other writers, no assistants, just me. If you find what I do valuable, you can subscribe for as little as £5 a month, or £50 a year.
