Dr. Peter Weller

the biggest transformation of perhaps spirituality in the Western world, Franciscanism. And this woman down the way is an intellectual historian. She says, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. The biggest transformation? Are you kidding me? The biggest transformation, Weller? That's a little bit over the top.

And thank God Simcox steps forward because he is an intellectual historian as well as an image historian. And he goes, hang on. He's right. He's right. There has been nothing that has hit the Western world spirituality movement Like Franciscanism. And they all stop and go, what? And you can see it in the imagery. Look, St. Francis brings us the action movie. How so?

And thank God Simcox steps forward because he is an intellectual historian as well as an image historian. And he goes, hang on. He's right. He's right. There has been nothing that has hit the Western world spirituality movement Like Franciscanism. And they all stop and go, what? And you can see it in the imagery. Look, St. Francis brings us the action movie. How so?

And thank God Simcox steps forward because he is an intellectual historian as well as an image historian. And he goes, hang on. He's right. He's right. There has been nothing that has hit the Western world spirituality movement Like Franciscanism. And they all stop and go, what? And you can see it in the imagery. Look, St. Francis brings us the action movie. How so?

Because people are in pain and they're twisted and they're in contortion and there's torsion and they're like, screaming or yelling or whatever. You understand this? Yeah. They're suffering. This changes. Also, there's a place in Pergamum.

Because people are in pain and they're twisted and they're in contortion and there's torsion and they're like, screaming or yelling or whatever. You understand this? Yeah. They're suffering. This changes. Also, there's a place in Pergamum.

Because people are in pain and they're twisted and they're in contortion and there's torsion and they're like, screaming or yelling or whatever. You understand this? Yeah. They're suffering. This changes. Also, there's a place in Pergamum.

In ancient Greece, it does the same thing. Franciscus is the reinvention of it. You know, this ethos in the original classical age of Greece, the perfect Belvedere Apollo is standing with a perfect, the Venus de Milo, the perfect nude. You can divide it into squares and go, right.

In ancient Greece, it does the same thing. Franciscus is the reinvention of it. You know, this ethos in the original classical age of Greece, the perfect Belvedere Apollo is standing with a perfect, the Venus de Milo, the perfect nude. You can divide it into squares and go, right.

In ancient Greece, it does the same thing. Franciscus is the reinvention of it. You know, this ethos in the original classical age of Greece, the perfect Belvedere Apollo is standing with a perfect, the Venus de Milo, the perfect nude. You can divide it into squares and go, right.

Okay, when's the first time you see somebody throwing lightning bolts through the sky or somebody ducking arrows or somebody twisting on a crucifix? That's St. Francis, man. That's all Franciscan art. That's all. So that becomes my jam. And that's what I do at Syracuse. And I must say, I was with five women. Two of them remained friends. But they all resented me. Why?

Okay, when's the first time you see somebody throwing lightning bolts through the sky or somebody ducking arrows or somebody twisting on a crucifix? That's St. Francis, man. That's all Franciscan art. That's all. So that becomes my jam. And that's what I do at Syracuse. And I must say, I was with five women. Two of them remained friends. But they all resented me. Why?

Okay, when's the first time you see somebody throwing lightning bolts through the sky or somebody ducking arrows or somebody twisting on a crucifix? That's St. Francis, man. That's all Franciscan art. That's all. So that becomes my jam. And that's what I do at Syracuse. And I must say, I was with five women. Two of them remained friends. But they all resented me. Why?

Because I didn't have an undergrad degree. Oh. Because I was a weirdo. Yeah, you were. I was a total weirdo. Yeah, I didn't go to Rutgers, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, UMichigan, Johns Hopkins, any of these snotty places. I went to North Texas and played jazz, man. That's not art history.

Because I didn't have an undergrad degree. Oh. Because I was a weirdo. Yeah, you were. I was a total weirdo. Yeah, I didn't go to Rutgers, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, UMichigan, Johns Hopkins, any of these snotty places. I went to North Texas and played jazz, man. That's not art history.

Because I didn't have an undergrad degree. Oh. Because I was a weirdo. Yeah, you were. I was a total weirdo. Yeah, I didn't go to Rutgers, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, UMichigan, Johns Hopkins, any of these snotty places. I went to North Texas and played jazz, man. That's not art history.

did you have any classes at McGonagall no I didn't but I came in through the back door and essentially thanks to Gary Radke and Alan McGraw and Walter Lee and a lot of other people in the tutorial etc and Rab Hatfield who mentored me there I learned some stuff and went on to get the master's degree and then applied for a PhD at UCLA and NYU got accepted to both and because I had a kid kid kid kid stayed at UCLA and got a PhD and became a real smarty pants so

did you have any classes at McGonagall no I didn't but I came in through the back door and essentially thanks to Gary Radke and Alan McGraw and Walter Lee and a lot of other people in the tutorial etc and Rab Hatfield who mentored me there I learned some stuff and went on to get the master's degree and then applied for a PhD at UCLA and NYU got accepted to both and because I had a kid kid kid kid stayed at UCLA and got a PhD and became a real smarty pants so

did you have any classes at McGonagall no I didn't but I came in through the back door and essentially thanks to Gary Radke and Alan McGraw and Walter Lee and a lot of other people in the tutorial etc and Rab Hatfield who mentored me there I learned some stuff and went on to get the master's degree and then applied for a PhD at UCLA and NYU got accepted to both and because I had a kid kid kid kid stayed at UCLA and got a PhD and became a real smarty pants so

I get to say doctor yeah that ain't honorary because people meet actors yeah doctor look I got my PhD I was hooded two weeks later I'm on a golf course and there's a guy there he's like an investment broker yeah billionaire dude oh my god he says where'd you get your honorary degree in like it's not honorary and I'm standing there with a golf club I'm about to wrap it around his head and it was like ten years of my life I was about to say it takes at least seven and thank God my friend Brian Wozniak who was my first friend and student was a great guy he intercedes in my place and