A Latin Prayer for Purity in Polyphony and Image

My latest personal creative project is a Latin sacred music and visual meditation inspired by prayers associated with the Angelic Warfare Confraternity:

Prayer for Purity with St. Thomas Aquinas

This piece asks Christ for the grace of purity, holy self-mastery, rightly ordered imagination, memory, intellect, will, conscience, affections, and charity, with a series of appeals to Mary’s intercession and a final appeal for the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas.

As with my Plato’s Apology song-and-image projects, this is a personal creative experiment rather than an official DCMission project. The Latin text used here was generated/adapted with ChatGPT from English prayer text associated with the Angelic Warfare Confraternity. This adaptation was created for this musical setting and is not an official Confraternity text or approved translation of the prayers.

It is not meant as a substitute for the official prayers or for the life of prayer itself, but as a musical and visual companion for reflection.

Plato's Apology in Song and Image: Part II

My latest personal creative project continues exploring Plato's Apology through song and images:

Plato's Apology in Song — Part II

This installment follows Socrates’ account of the Delphic oracle and his attempt to understand what it could mean that no one was wiser than he.

As with Part I, this is a personal creative experiment rather than an official DCMission project. It is not meant as a substitute for reading Plato, but as a musical and visual companion for anyone interested in the dialogue.

Plato's Apology in Song and Image: Part I

My latest personal creative project explores the opening of Plato's Apology through song and images:

Plato's Apology in Song — Part I

It is an illustrated song based on the opening of Socrates' defense in Plato's Apology.

This is a personal creative experiment rather than an official DCMission project. It is not meant as a substitute for reading Plato, but as a musical and visual companion for anyone interested in the dialogue.

Boethius in Song and Image: Lady Philosophy Enters

For my latest personal creative project, I’ve adapted a scene from Boethius into song and images:

Boethius in Song — Lady Philosophy Enters

It is an illustrated song based on the opening of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy.

This is a personal creative experiment rather than an official DCMission project. It is not meant as a substitute for reading Boethius, but as a kind of musical and visual memory-palace for anyone interested in the text.

Songs from Plato's Republic, Book II

I recently finished the next installment in my personal AI-assisted Plato songbook project:

The Ring and the City — Songs from Plato’s Republic, Book II

It’s a folk / café-jazz songbook based on Book II of Plato’s Republic, following Glaucon and Adeimantus as they sharpen the question of justice: is justice worth loving for its own sake, even apart from reputation, reward, or comfort?

The songs move through the Ring of Gyges, the challenge of the perfectly unjust man, and the first sketch of the city in speech.

This is a personal creative experiment rather than an official DCMission project. It is not meant as a substitute for reading Plato, but as a kind of musical memory-palace or set of chapter markers for anyone interested in the text.