Walter Donway just sent the following announcement, which explains the significance of his essay as well as anything I might hope to write:

My brief essay “The Struggle for Poetry’s Soul” just went up on the popular Atlasphere web site. In the essay, I try to suggest why it is important to restore the traditional craft and enduring values of ( Read more... )

A friend made some claims in a friends-only post at LiveJournal, and a disagreement between us ensued. Since it was a friends-only post, I cannot really quote his post here in public.

The issues raised were important ones, however, and ones that require some time to disentangle. So I’m posting my reply here where others may add to, and benefit ( Read more... )

Last week I watched the DVD of Atlas Shrugged movie director Vadim Perelman’s House of Sand and Fog.

(For more background about the Atlas Shrugged movie, I can’t recommend highly enough Robert Bidinotto’s new article “Major Updates on the Atlas Shrugged Movie” at the Atlasphere.)

Since Perelman’s going to be the proverbial “god” of the new Atlas ( Read more... )

New Individualist editor Robert Bidinotto reports that Lionsgate is moving forward with its plans to produce the Atlas Shrugged movie:

According to Variety, “Ray” producers Howard and Karen Baldwin believe they’ve cracked the challenge of turning the 1,100 page novel “Atlas Shrugged” into a manageable feature. Lionsgate has acquired worldwide ( Read more... )

I just posted this to the OWL discussion group. My paper on “Mindfulness and Objectivism” was well-received, and generated interest in the topic from several participants. Once I finish my revisions, I’ll post a link to the final version of my paper here on Mudita Journal.

Eyal Mozes asked:

[H]as anyone on OWL been to TOC’s Graduate Seminar last ( Read more... )

While doing some research for the directory of Ayn Rand admirers at the Atlasphere, I came across a scintillating interview with James Hart, who has apparently written a new screenplay for Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. (Link found via Miss Liberty.)

He comments:

“I hated [Atlas Shrugged] in college,” the 56-year-old New Yorker admitted. “It was ( Read more... )

Sorry for the light blogging lately. I’m in the process of building a large new online resource for Ayn Rand admirers, and this is taking up a great deal of my time.

As a part of the project, we’d like to hire several writers interested in authoring articles on topics somewhat related to Ayn Rand and Objectivism, or at least geared toward that ( Read more... )

Our topical discussion of Wake Up to Your Life over at Mudita Forum is going remarkably well.

I’m especially impressed by Andrew Schwartz’s kickoff essay on Chapter 3 (”Cultivating Attention”), which elegantly lays out a number of ideas to which any Rand admirer worth his weight in dog-eared paperbacks should pay attention.

Here’s an excerpt:

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If you’ve not already done so, drop by and read Peter Saint-Andre’s journal entry “Why I Am Not an Objectivist.”

I can identify quite a bit with Peter’s perspective. Every few months or so, something will remind me how long it’s been since I’ve read much (or any) Rand. And it doesn’t bother me.

I enjoy the mental freedom of looking at things from ( Read more... )

Last Update: August 23, 2009 - added Douglas Rudd

NOTE: Although I continue to update this page by request, it has long ago been surpassed by the comprehensive list of member blogs (login required) at the Atlasphere’s Ayn Rand Dating & Networking web site, which contains a directory of thousands of admirers of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

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