China: Historic Buildings
Check out these spectacular historical buildings from around China, including some film set reconstructions from China’s Hollywood!
10 Ways Reading Fantasy Improves Reality
When people look for wisdom to improve their lives, they look in the self-help section, not on the fantasy shelf. But classic fantasy stories convey a great deal about our universal human experience even in galaxies far, far away. Here are 10 benefits of reading fantasy.
True Magical Realism: Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #7
We often wish we could wave a magic wand to resolve something that feels impossible in our lives. What we are longing for is something our souls already know exists: a plane beyond what we can see that we can influence.
The Fellowship of the Ring Goes South
Hobbit Day may be over, but let’s continue the fandom celebration with this Lord of the Rings comic!
Saving the World: Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #6
Our world needs to be saved. A conflict has raged for millennia over the fate of our world and every person in it – and we can join in the adventure one battle at a time.
Is the Moral of the Story Relative? Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #5
Classic fantasy restores the clear delineation between good and evil, light and dark, that still exists in our world. It’s not relative, and it is real. The fight’s coming to us whether or not we pick up or swords and shields.
Who is the Chosen One? Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #4
Who really is the Chosen One? And why does this matter in real life? In the stories, the Chosen One is the exception in the population. But in fact, all of us have the chance to be the Chosen One in our own lives.