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Handel's *Messiah* and the Cure for Depression

In the summer of 1741, the composer George Frideric Handel was in a tough spot. For the last number of years, the British public taste in opera was waning. Yet ...

Indroducing myself with fingerstyle guitar - "Make Me a Pallet"

Hi, I'm Babette! I'm new to Steemit, but my husband, @abishai, has been trying to get me on for months now. He finally convinced me to create an account and sta...

Launch Into the Deep and You Shall See

I've been reading a lot of Annie Dillard recently. If you've never read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, put it at the top of your reading list. Wisdom leaps off every ...

Thinking Deeper #5 - A DeepThink Weekly Digest

Greetings, Deep Thinkers! We are now five weeks into our endeavor: Project DeepThink - a community building project to promote quality writers of the humanities...

Deep Think Challenge #1!

Welcome To Our First Challenge Project Deep Think is proud to announce it's first deep thinking challenge. The rules are simple: answer this weeks challenge que...

Towards a Holistic Philosophy of Education - The Uniqueness of the Individual

Jacob was a student that loved to take a classroom off course. He was as distracting as, you'll never guess what happened! The other day, my dad was pulling the...

Thinking Deeper #4 - A DeepThink Weekly Digest

Greetings, Deep Thinkers! Welcome to another digest of Thinking Deeper, a weekly appraisal promoting quality writers of the humanities on Steemit. Our members a...

Towards a Holistic Philosophy of Education

The school year is just beginning for many American schools, and students and teachers alike are looking forward to a fresh start. While the rhythm of the schoo...

DeepThink - New members, updated vote rules, and additional information about the community

Hi there, everyone. @snakiest here with a new update. We have just finished voting our new members in, and the list is as follows: @mkt @inquiringtimes @the-tra...

There Is No "Should," Only "Is"

I woke up this morning and went for a run, leaving while it was still dark outside. I really love the early mornings. Hardly anyone else is up, let alone out in...

Thinking Deeper #2 - A DeepThink Weekly Digest

We are now two weeks into our launch of @SteemDeepThink, a community project promoting quality writers of the humanities. Many are now frequently posting under ...

SteemDeepThink - Our First Community Contest!

We need a name! In our last community digest we mentioned that we were going to host an upcoming contest. Well, here it is! [EDIT: We will be closing the digest...

SteemDeepThink - Weekly Digest #1

It's been almost a week since we went live with our launch of @SteemDeepThink, a community project promoting quality writers of the humanities. What started out...

We Need Streemian Help! (Technical Support)

We need some technical support for Streemian. Several others and I have just moved forward in the creation of @steemdeepthink, a community whose aim is to suppo...

What's Your Hidden Curriculum?

Several years ago, one of my students approached me asking for a letter of recommendation to add to his college application. As a high school teacher this wasn'...

Where Science and the Humanities Meet

With @SteemDeepThink kicking off this week, I will start off our chain of posts with some reflections on the nature of science and the humanities. Whether you a...

Welcome to SteemDeepThink! -- GRAND OPENING!

Hello, Fellow Steemians! This is an open invitation to join us in SteemDeepThink, a community collective promoting quality discourse within the humanities. Do y...

SteemDeepThink Streemian Test

Please disregard this post. Streemian test for SteemDeepThink - Coming Soon!...

A proposed method for evaluating the market price of Steem

With the value of Steemit so closely tied to a subjective proof of work, it can be difficult to evaluate the current price of Steem. Is it undervalued? Overvalu...

SteemDeepThink - Coming Soon!

I'm really excited to be partnered with a group of people in founding the group @SteemDeepThink. We are just about ready to go live with an open invitation to t...