Category: Opinion
Homo Liturgicus?
“Only he who loves can sing” ~ St. Augustine I have been thinking about thinking. Though I value its importance I am wondering if the attention we give it is in need of some balance. Two books –... Read More
Social Creatures?
“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
Protestants And Catholics – Arts Focus – by John Franklin
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
$12,000,000 Stuffed Shark Anbody?
“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
Reflecting Upon Reflections
… one of the great values of metaphors is the variety of ways they can be employed and how they can open up an otherwise sealed perspective. Recently I was browsing at a book display and happene... Read More
Till We Have Faces
Perhaps nothing is more personal than a face. It is the primary locus for our relationships with others. And so the face is both the icon of our individuality and uniqueness as well as essential for c... Read More
Memory And The Creative Process
“This is a time when we need the poetic imagination to bring reminders of who we are and what is important for us. There is a strong thread of this kind of imagining in the biblical narrative.&#... Read More
Color Me Hopeful
“Colour has also had a significant role in religious symbolism. One rendering suggests that red stands for blood and sacrifice” It was the early Greek philosophers that taught us the impor... Read More
Four Things
“The creative process resonates with this sense that there is more. Art, whether what we create or what we experience, can nurture the human spirit and open us to see things in a fresh way. How ... Read More- 3 of 4
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