Rediscovering Beauty | Katie Branigan | Substack

Brief thoughts on reading for atmosphere

featuring C.S. Lewis

Oct 29, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Can I be her again?

Reflections on memory, self, and Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"

Sep 5, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Lazarus Unbound

Aug 6, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Classical vs. Method Acting

My complicated relationship with A Streetcar Named Desire

Jul 29, 2025 • Katie Branigan

What makes a good historical dramatization?

or, some thoughts on why Hamilton has staying power

Jul 26, 2025 • Katie Branigan

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You are the Lost Princess

Jun 11, 2025 • Katie Branigan

On the Purpose of Popular Art

Jul 8, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Lazarus Unbound

Aug 6, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Drinking the Kiss

May 14, 2025 • Katie Branigan

taking popular art seriously

Classical vs. Method Acting

My complicated relationship with A Streetcar Named Desire

Jul 29, 2025 • Katie Branigan

What makes a good historical dramatization?

or, some thoughts on why Hamilton has staying power

Jul 26, 2025 • Katie Branigan

I have some thoughts on the Wicked movie

Archetype, cinematic realism, adaptation, color, theatrical stylism, and shooting for the edit

Jul 17, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Double Indemnity and the Femme Fatale

Adapting the noir novel to film

Jul 10, 2025 • Katie Branigan

theology

Walking on Water: The Invitation to Theosis

Bid me come to you on the water.

Jun 18, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Feed my Sheep: Shepherding as Theosis

Peter, Pope Leo XIV, and Song of Songs 1:7-8

May 18, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Drinking the Kiss

Reflections on Song of Songs 1:2

May 14, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Speech, Language, and the Divine Work

Augustine on language and sign

Apr 6, 2025 • Katie Branigan

personal essays

Can I be her again?

Reflections on memory, self, and Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"

Sep 5, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Descent from the Angel's Mountain at Pentecost

Reflections on Pentecost in Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy

Jun 8, 2025 • Katie Branigan

We are Narrative Beings

Reflections on transience, receptivity, and the importance of books

Jun 2, 2025 • Katie Branigan

Perpetual Discernment is a Cancer

My breakup apostolate, pt. 2

May 27, 2025 • Katie Branigan

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