Dominic de Souza, SmartCatholics founder | Marketer & storyteller. Geeks over epics, mystics, science, the angelic, & Netflix
Latest posts, reviews, stories, & working theories:
Ozymandias Now: Not Even Statues?
For all of our technological advances, what culture hoard are we leaving to the future? At least with Ozymandias we could glean an idea about him. Us? None?
‘The Ring of Fantasy’ Book Review
Opening under the war-torn skies of Britain, Joshua discovers a ring that transports him & his sisterinto a magical world: ‘The Ring of Fantasy’
A Balanced Outlook: Thoughts After Reading ‘Architects of the Culture of Death’
Our shared passion for stories will be a factor that saves us, keeping us balanced from isolated thought and not enough personal reflection.
The Philosopher of the Opera: A Short Story
With dramatic flair, the Phantom whirls Christine away from the opera to share his vision for a revivified world, and captures her curiosity.
Speaking of Freedom: Created Free to Choose
Every conversation is really asking this simple question, because without it, we have no stories to tell. Only dreams.
Telescoping Hope: The Role of Stories
When we lose the plot, stories exist to remind us of the ending.
The Sacrifice of Christ: Henna from the Heart of the Lover
From a distance, A Christian’s hands seem smeared with the blood of sacrifice, but take a closer look, and we find it is henna marked from a divine heart.
Defending Santa Claus: A Child’s Last Hope
With religion and conscience removed from the public forum, a child’s faith in Santa Claus is the last hope they’ll have of experiencing God.
The Lay of Walsingham: A History of England’s Nazareth
A brief review of the miraculous rise, fall and resurrection of one of Europe’s most ancient and venerated shrines, Walsingham, the Nazareth of England.