ABOUT PALMA
POLYSEMY Academy for Literary and Musical Arts (PALMA) aims to inspire a "back-to-basics" synthesis of the traditional with the contemporary in the literary and musical arts. Offering online education starting in January 2010 at both the child and adult levels, PALMA currently provides resources, discussions, and insights framed to begin to restore the Humanities to their rightful place at the center of common imagination. Over the course of the last century in the West, the literary and musical arts have run aground. An education at PALMA will help you rechart the course back to the waters that inspire us all. More . . .


THE WOODSHED
A symposium on topics at the roots of fine artistry.

Andrew Campbell on the lost art of memorization, classical learning, how both can positively impact writing skills and aesthetics in general, the state of classical education, Latin, and more.



Dan Allison and Matthew Dallman discuss "God", and how "God" relates to making works of art, with an emphasis on ideas raised by Marshall McLuhan.

Dan Allison and Matthew Dallman discuss feeling weary of the internet and technology in general.

Marshall McLuhan and Norman Mailer talk about the realities artists face in the era of electricity.




Matthew Dallman and friends discuss the now famous subway performance by violinist Joshua Bell.

THE DAILY GOOSE
A commonplace book by Matthew Dallman

THE CATHODE RAY
Selected videos on Media Studies and Fine Artistry, for learning


THE BOOKSHELF
— LITERATURE

Aesop's Fables
The Aesop For Children, read by Matthew Dallman

The Holy Bible, King James Version
Genesis | Job | Ecclesiastes | Wisdom | Matthew

Mother Goose
The Real Mother Goose | Tales From Mother Goose

Honore de Balzac
The Unknown Masterpiece

Plato
Meno | The Apology | Crito

— ARTISTRY STUDIES

William Michael
Why Latin & Greek Must Be Studied

Camille Paglia
The Magic of Images (PDF)
Erich Neumann: Theorist of the Great Mother (PDF)
Cults and Cosmic Consciousness (PDF)
The Mighty River of Classics (PDF)
Religion and the Arts in America (PDF)

Andrew Campbell
Multum non Multa (PDF)

Mortimer Adler
What is an Idea?

Matthew Dallman
The Humanities As The Integral Tradition