What makes a Stradivarius violin so special?

By Tamar SchwartzJune 13, 2026June 13, 2026 Arts, History

Click Here to Read: What makes a Stradivarius violin so special? Scientists traced it to one forest in Italy. A new tree-ring study solves the mystery of where the famed instrument-maker Anton Stradivari sourced timber for his violins during his “golden age.” By Richard Kemeny on the National Geographic Website on June 9, 2026.

Gould Stradivarius. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children”

By Tamar SchwartzJune 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children” By Maria Popova on the Brain Pickings webhsite.

Comping the Tune: Musical metaphor in a clinical moment

By Tamar SchwartzJune 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Arts, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Comping the Tune: Musical metaphor in a clinical moment by Cornelius Dufallo on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on June 11, 2026.

Photograph of Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet Image: Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

What AI Scribes Rehumanize and Dehumanize in Health Car

By Tamar SchwartzJune 10, 2026June 11, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: What AI Scribes Rehumanize and Dehumanize in Health Care CAI Currents on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on June 9, 2026

Sagrada Família’s 144-year journey nears its end with the Tower of Jesus Christ

By Tamar SchwartzJune 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Arts, History

Click Here to Read: Sagrada Família’s 144-year journey nears its end with the Tower of Jesus Christ By Pau Mosquera, CNN; Photographs by Maria Contreras Coll for CNN on the CNN website on June 8. 2026.

Click Here to Read: The Basilica Sagrada Familia’s website.

The Sagrada Familia viewed from Casa Milà, Barcelona, Spain Image: Bernard Gagnon. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997)

By Tamar SchwartzJune 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Poetry Monday

Click Here to Read: Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997). Prophet of the Beat Generation by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Peotry Substack on June 10, 2026.

Allen Ginsberg, Frankfurt Airport, 1978. Image: Ludwig Urning. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Inside Trump’s Narcissism: What’s Positive Narcissism & Why is Trump Lacking It?

By Tamar SchwartzJune 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Inside Trump’s Narcissism: What’s Positive Narcissism & Why is Trump Lacking It? (Vol. 6; Issue 23) Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind Website on June 10, 2026.

Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The People’s Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. Image: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.