We are in a state of crisis. We are witnessing the demonization and rapid corrosion of principles that have sustained Western civilization for millennia. It is enticingly easy to tear down what has taken thousands of years of suffering, bloodshed, and toil to establish, but among the rubble lie no alternatives.
The art instructor and his young student in Poet in a Modern World are figures of hope amongst the present ravaging of Western culture. Despite their dejection and previous blunders, they continue to stand for principle—protecting the shattered fragments of what is True, Good, and Beautiful from becoming lost forever. We will for this film to inspire a new generation of those preserving the West’s great heritage, honoring those who have come before us and those still yet to come.