Instead of a thousand words, I take a photograph. It tells a story by distilling an idea into one frozen moment in time. It is direct, unchanging and undiluted. Photographs capture the spontaneous –...Read More
by James Tughan Since John Franklin, Phyllis Novak and I toiled over the Lausanne paper, “Redeeming The Arts”, in Thailand 2004, we have each been continuing to apply the clear mandate of that uni...Read More
“Dependency and humility are more valuable to the creative process than pedigree and power” The nineteenth century American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a piece titled “Self Reliance...Read More
by Dale Nikkel I remember hearing the music of James Taylor for the first time. I was just a teenager. Surprised that I’d never heard of him before, a friend of mine played me Taylor’s first radio...Read More
Two quite diverse religious communities have expressed intent to give more attention to the arts. Just recently Ravi Zacharias International Ministries has expressed its commitment to give more attent...Read More
In 1991, I packed my bags and boarded a plane to Haiti to live and work as the pharmacist in a small hospital of a village called Limbé. I was 18 years old with no pharmacy background. Upon arrival, ...Read More
“Bob Dylan did for a whole generation in the 1960’s or We Shall Overcome – did for thousands in the civil rights struggle” If I were asked what art form I favour I expect my instinctiv...Read More
Forms of Transcendence: The Art of Roger Wagner, text by Chris Miller, foreword by Richard Harries, Piquant Editions, 2009. An Art Historian’s Sideways Glance, Photographs by E. John Walford, Piquan...Read More
A resident of Bright’s Grove, Ontario, Mary is an artist who works in a variety of media. Working full-time she has exhibited in several group and solo exhibitions at galleries over the past fifte...Read More
“There is something in our humanity that resists accounts of life that are merely mechanical or material” The 20th century citadel known as the “art world” has been insistent that ...Read More