One thing I love about Regent is its emphasis on art. So the current discussion is if there be something religious about art, both the experience of viewing it and creating it. Having a Bachelor of Fine Art from Parsons School of Design, I am somewhat aware of the conventions – but I also know how godless the study of art can be. Nonetheless, now, almost 15 yrs since I first set foot in NYC’s art scene, I adamantly do believe there be a spark of divinity in the creator and the created. A hermeneutical shift, here the “Christian viewer” can have one of two responses when confronted with “art”: Read more…
We had a discussion among our staff about the art of Makoto Fujimura this morning. He’s a New Yorker. He’s a Greenwich Village artist (my old haunting grounds back in the day @ Parsons School of Design). He’s asian (yay!) And he’s a Christian. So it intrigued me to watch an emerging figure who represents two worlds I inhabit, as an Asian-American as well as a Christian within the arts. So I did some homework only to find this little endorsement here to the left that he receives from CT mag, and to find out that he’s received some accolade from some great sources. See his blog here and professional page here. So I’m thrilled for this guy who is making a statement in numerous ways – as an urbanite, a religious person, an ethnic person – just thrilled. But the one question that seemed to echo in our group was: Read more…
OK, so this made me really upset today.
How far do we still have to go? Is it still necessary to work through some of our deep racial issues that surface in our political cartoons? Apparently so. So tell me; in your view, is cartoonist Sean Delonas a racist for depicting this image of our pres. or is he just making light of a recent monkey slaying incident? And shame on you New York Post for letting this get past your editors.
Apparently has taken both #1 and #2 spots in the UK top ten. One version by Leonard Cohen and the other by Buckley. I first heard it (Cohen’s version) on CBC radio 1 (think =Canadian NPR) and was immediately mesmerized; transfixed. It was a ghostly haunting song – beautiful. And for some reason it so embodies Christmas. Do ya think? What’s on your Christmas playlist? Read more…
Snagged the nifty title of this post from here. Anyways, as we look forward to another opening week next Monday, meditate on this, courtesy Banksy, and pray for Monday morning.
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