2025

Translation: M.L. WestEdition: Oxford World’s Classics Hesiod, alongside Homer, stands at the dawn of Greek literature. His two major surviving works, Theogony and Works and Days, offer a profound window…

Don’t think in terms of demons, angels, and the metaphysical stuff. Think about how those ideas manifest in physical reality Your Schefflera appears to have a mealybug infestation. Mealybugs are…

Today we’re diving deep into a topic that’s often overlooked: street photography without people. I want to go back to the source. I want to take you on a journey…

What’s poppin’ people — it’s Dante.Coming to you from my morning walk here in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Welcome to the GoPro vlog. And today’s thought is simple but powerful: “Your…

Photograph your soul

Epigenetics is the study of how behaviors and environmental factors can cause changes in gene activity without changing the DNA sequence itself. Think of your DNA as the hardware, and…

The potential sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham—found in Genesis 22—is one of the most profound and mysterious moments in the Bible. Here’s a layered interpretation of what it represents: Abraham…

Zeno was a student of Parmenides, and his paradoxes were crafted as logical weapons to defend Parmenides’ radical claim: “All is One. Change, motion, and plurality are illusions.” Zeno used paradoxes to show…

Plato Aristotle Student of Socrates Student of Plato Reality: World of Forms — unchanging, eternal ideas Reality found in the physical world we see and touch Knowledge comes from reason Knowledge comes from experience and logic…

Great question — the Eleatic and Ionian schools are both part of early Greek philosophy, but they took very different approaches to understanding the nature of reality. The Ionians were basically the first scientists, trying to explain…

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros are among the first beings to emerge from Chaos, and each one represents a fundamental force or realm of existence. They’re not “gods” in the way we think of Zeus or Athena—they’re more like primordial principles that shape…

Cosmogony comes from the Greek words: It seeks to answer the ultimate question: These are traditional stories found in ancient cultures—often involving gods, chaos, monsters, and primordial elements. These cosmogonies use symbolism…

Hesiod stands as one of the earliest voices in Greek literature, a figure who bridges the mythic world of Homer and the rational inquiries of the philosophers who came after.…

Dante Sisofo is a multidisciplinary artist and thinker whose work spans photography, philosophy, writing, and spiritual inquiry. He lives in Philadelphia and has spent years traveling the world, photographing street…

Ashtanga Yoga is a dynamic and structured style of yoga developed by K. Pattabhi Jois in the 20th century, rooted in an ancient system described in the Yoga Korunta. The…

It’s Dante. Today I’m going to be teaching you some advice I wish I knew when I first got started practicing street photography. If you’re a beginner, this is the…

What’s popping, people? It’s Dante, and today I’m thinking about wabi-sabi photography—a Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection and the transient nature of things. Life is fleeting, and so is everything…

This morning I’m thinking about why you should only photograph what brings you joy — not just in photography, but in life generally. And what that really means to me.…

We off the grid grid grid grid—Way Off the Grid.What’s poppin’ people? It’s Dante. Just had my coffee. Do we run, Spartans? No.We march.We’re not fools. Fools run. We’re the…

— Thus Spoke Zarathustra

I was walking down the street with my all brown, Lululemon fitness clothing, heading to boxing class. A group of young guys were walking my direction, and said: as I…