“When You Try To Make A Story Out Of Persuasion Then You’ve Done Something...
Thoughts on the difference between being a Christian who creates and Christian creativity by Jeffrey Overstreet at The Rabbit Room. It’s helpful you find yourself considering a book, movie or music and...
View ArticleHow to Discourage Artists in the Church (via Philip Ryken)
Very practical and thoughtful post by Philip Ryken, pastor and college president, who gathers thoughts from friends engaged in a variety of artistic vocations about ways in which the church can...
View ArticleGirls Sing About Liking Engineering Toys Instead Of Pink/Princess/Dolls While...
This is charming. Also, remember the Lego for girls is called ‘Lego’. And the Nerf for girls is called ‘Nerf’.
View ArticleAll Country Music Songs Are The Same
And here’s the proof. It also demonstrates that they’re not very deep. Additionally it serves as a tutorial if you want to write your own country music hit. Of course songs for Christian worship would...
View ArticleVincent Van Gogh – A Life “In Sorrow, Yet Ever Joyful” (via Mockingbird)
Mockingbird have republished an essay about the life of Vincent van Gogh entitled ‘A Life Of Aching Beauty: Vincent van Gogh as Preacher, Failure, and Painter’. The essay explores Van Gogh’s art and...
View ArticleThe Rules Of Road-Runner Cartoons
This post on Mental Floss contains this list of eleven rules, attributed to Chuck Jones, for writing Road Runner cartoons. It’s a great demonstration of a basic guide that helps make sure finished...
View ArticleMy Daughters Agree This Is A True Thing
Three out of three. My youngest daughter’s silence in particular speaks volumes. source
View ArticleHow to Discourage Artists in the Church (via Philip Ryken)
Very practical and thoughtful post by Philip Ryken, pastor and college president, who gathers thoughts from friends engaged in a variety of artistic vocations about ways in which the church can...
View ArticleAbsurdity Instead Of Order: The World Of Wile E. Coyote
A very long essay on what makes Road Runner cartoons funny with some observations about life in general. Late in life creator Chuck Jones composed what were purported to be the rules that the cartoons...
View ArticleThe Art Of Calvin And Hobbes
A short video appreciation of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes. It is a body of work that remains, and must be appreciated, as a comic strip; never adapted into other media, and having been the sole...
View ArticleBridging The Gap Between Taste And Creative Skill
A two-minute video by Daniel Sax featuring a brief clip from Ira Glass about the way to bridge the gap between how you good you want to be and how good you actually are as a creative.
View ArticleAdorning The Dark
A delivery of social distance reading arrived today. I’ve been waiting for Andrew Peterson’s Adorning The Dark to arrive at Koorong (during a sale). It’s a reflection on making the heart of God known...
View ArticleDying To Our Need To Leave A Mark (via Andrew Peterson)
Disciples of Jesus don’t create to draw attention to themselves or leave a legacy of their accomplishment. Instead they create in order to draw attention to the one worth paying attention to. From...
View ArticleThe Marriage Of Agenda And Beauty In Christian Art (via Andrew Peterson)
Andrew Peterson reflects on art produced by Christians (and people), on the tendency for either didactic purpose or decorative impulse to be seen as polar extremes, and how Christian art can sacrifice...
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