Episode 605 - Interview with Megan Gafford (Writer, Artist)

In which we discuss the moral blind-spots of James Baldwin and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Published on Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen • Jan 20

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John Ford’s American Justice

I thought I understood how art affects us—being an artist myself—until I discovered John Ford.

Published on Romanticon • Jan 6

December 2025

'Tis the Season

...for shameless self-promotion!

Dec 15, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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Artist Statement: On Gradients

With a sneak peak of an upcoming drawing.

Dec 9, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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November 2025

The Line Dividing Good and Evil

My latest in Quillette.

Nov 25, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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On the Value of Drawing

Humans have been drawing for tens of thousands of years for good reason.

Nov 11, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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October 2025

Beauty is Not a Luxury

How American Founding Father John Adams misunderstood the value of art.

Oct 28, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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Artist Statement: Henchman

A closer look at the drawings.

Oct 14, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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September 2025

Annual Print

Would you like to own some art?

Sep 30, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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The Power of Art in the AI Age

On 21st-Century Painting and the Backlash Against the Thinking Machines

Published on The Metropolitan Review • Sep 16, 2025

The Purpose of 21st Century Painting

An invitation

Sep 2, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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August 2025

Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill

Why we all need to read Benny Morris

Aug 19, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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