NEW Short Audio Course: A Brief Introduction to Poetic Experience

3 Segments. 1 Hour. A Whole New Way of Attending to Reality.

Pascal said, “The heart has its reasons that reason knows not of.”

DROPPING TODAY: a new short audio course designed to help you discover the “reasons” of the heart: “A Brief Introduction to Poetic Experience.”

Taught by Dr. Daniel McInerny, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Philosophy, Christendom College, Author of BEAUTY & IMITATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION ON THE ARTS (Word on Fire Academic, 2024), and the novel, THE GOOD DEATH OF KATE MONTCLAIR (Chrism Press, 2023).

Who is This Course For?

• Lovers of art and beauty

• Those tired of digital distraction, superficial modes of entertainment, ugliness and dullness—the tediousness of life in our Technopoly—and who want to reconnect with what is real

• Those who have an instinct that we know more with the “heart” than we do with the more logical, scientific powers of our intellect

• Those who want to attend to the world like an artist

• Those interested in the wellsprings of creativity

• Those who want to change the world

What Will You Get in This Course?

• Three audio segments, approximately 20 minutes each (1 hour+ total of instruction)

• Segment 1: The Horse Sense of Sissy Jupe

• Segment 2: A Walk with Gerard Manley Hopkins

• Segment 3: Poetic Experience & Truth

• PLUS…an 8-page PDF containing notes from the course, including all major textual quotations as well as a bibliography

Wait. Who is Daniel McInerny?

• A professional philosopher with 20 years’ experience teaching in college and university classrooms

• The author of Beauty & Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts (Word on Fire Academic, 2024)

• The author of the novel, The Good Death of Kate Montclair (Chrism Press, 2023)

Who Does McInerny Discuss in This Audio Course?

• Pope Benedict XVI

• St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

• Gerard Manley Hopkins

• Jane Austen

• Iain McGilchrist

• Neil Postman

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• And More!

What’s The Best Way to Enjoy This Audio Course?

• On your commute

• While you exercise

• On a long poetic walk in the woods

• Doing the dishes

• In a discussion group with family & friends

So, How Can I Enjoy This Audio Course?

• Current paid subscribers to The Comic Muse will have automatic access to this audio course from the moment it drops at 12:00pm ET, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Thank you to my most loyal subscribers for your ongoing support!

• For new friends and free subscribers, this audio course, along with the companion 8-page PDF, will be available here on The Comic Muse for the price of a monthly subscription: $8. Less than coffee and a sandwich. An annual subscription is $50.

• Paid subscribers to The Comic Muse have access not only to this audio course, but to all other paid audio content that will be featured on The Comic Muse in the coming months. Think of it as Netflix…for philosophers! :) The monthly or annual paid subscription gives you access to the entire catalog.

I hope you will enjoy this new audio course, “A Brief Introduction to Poetic Experience”! It drops today, June 17, 2025, at 12:00pm ET.