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Wild Goose Festival

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:42:38 -0600

Cathedral of Light (more images)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:36:36 -0600

Cathedral of Light (more images)

"That may be the greatest thing The Moth does. The final legacy of The Moth may be to say, let’s..."

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:55:00 -0600

“That may be the greatest thing The Moth does. The final legacy of The Moth may be to say, let’s create spaces in our society to listen. Where we really come together is finding the commonality and not just the differences… storytelling does that in a very simple way…”

- Catherine Burns (via)

Mad Men is coming

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:49:41 -0600

Mad Men is coming

(via: 20x200)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:03:00 -0600

(via: 20x200)

Guests

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:19:00 -0600

These photographs by Christopher Bucklow are quite stunning (gallery images via DLK). I was first exposed to Bucklow’s work on the cover of David Eagleman’s Sum. I highly recommend Eagleman’s book, but only the first edition—don’t buy the more recent editions without the Bucklow image! You can view more images from this series at Bucklow’s website. I think my favorite image is still the one used on the Sum cover.

[previous post on Sum}

Favorite Albums of 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:27:00 -0600

I listened to more music than ever this year because of Spotify. Here are my favorite albums—not necessarily the best albums of the year, but rather the ones I found myself listening to over and over. (By the way, you can find many of these mp3 albums for $5 or less right now at Amazon-see links)

My Favorite

Civilian, Wye Oak

By far my favorite album of the year. I didn’t listen to anything nearly as much as this album. I also loved listening to earlier Wye Oak albums for the first time—great, great stuff.

The Rest

Burst Apart, The Antlers

Cults, Cults

Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Girls

Hurry Up We’re Dreaming, M83

The King of Limbs, Radiohead

The Long Surrender, Over the Rhine

Nine Types of Light, TV on the Radio

Rome, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Strange Negotiations, David Bazan

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, Explosions in the Sky

via

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:19:36 -0600

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"‘People mustn’t try to understand what I am saying through my works. People should try to see..."

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:55:00 -0600

“‘People mustn’t try to understand what I am saying through my works. People should try to see something in them. They must see with their own way of thinking, their own history… In a way, each viewer “finishes” the work with their own vision, their own stance in relation to it.’ You do not need to know what Kiefer knows, or to study what he has read; indeed, he says, ‘many know better than the artist what he has done’.”

- Anselm Kiefer (via)

“I guess you could call it a Christmas present. At this...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:28:24 -0600

“I guess you could call it a Christmas present. At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.”

“I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one.”

Banksy (via 1 and 2)

"We need a Steve Jobs of religion. Someone (or ones) who can invent not a new religion but, rather, a..."

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:41:17 -0600

“We need a Steve Jobs of religion. Someone (or ones) who can invent not a new religion but, rather, a new way of being religious. Like Mr. Jobs’s creations, this new way would be straightforward and unencumbered and absolutely intuitive. Most important, it would be highly interactive. I imagine a religious space that celebrates doubt, encourages experimentation and allows one to utter the word God without embarrassment. A religious operating system for the Nones among us. And for all of us.”

- Eric Weiner

Photo

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:19:45 -0600

"Faith then is the experience of being taken up in the experience of meaning, of feeling the world to..."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:13:06 -0600

“Faith then is the experience of being taken up in the experience of meaning, of feeling the world to be wonderful, the other as sublime and our neighbour as worth dying for. We cannot will such a way of engaging with the world into being, at best we can invite it, hope for it, wait for it, pray and weep for it.”

- Peter Rollins

via: The New Yorker

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:20:00 -0600

via: The New Yorker

The Revolution Is Love (via: Occupy Love)

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:28:36 -0600

The Revolution Is Love (via: Occupy Love)

UNHATE campaign (via) Update: shockingly, the Vatican...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:25:00 -0600

UNHATE campaign (via)

Update: shockingly, the Vatican doesn’t approve

Check out these great images of Tsang Kin-Wah’s video...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:00 -0600

Check out these great images of Tsang Kin-Wah’s video installation project “The Seven Seals” (via). You can also watch videos of the installations.

Reviewing Peter Rollins' "Insurrection"

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:15:00 -0500

I haven’t had a chance to put together a proper reflection or review of Peter Rollins’ new book, Insurrection. However, after reading a response to Rollins’ book at The Church & Postmodern Culture blog I felt compelled to post a brief review at Amazon. Here’s the content of that review:

“The subtitle of Insurrection is ‘to believe is human to doubt, divine.’ One will certainly find much to reflect on in this book regarding the central role of doubt in the Christian life, but much more than a book about doubt, Insurrection is ultimately a deep affirmation of resurrection. In fact, Rollins betrays his evangelical sympathies in this book more than his previous books—this is a book all about being born again, converted, and transformed. Insurrection should appeal to evangelicals as much as progressives, perhaps more so—if only evangelicals will read Rollins with this in mind. Despite the subtitle, this is a book more about resurrection than doubt and crucifixion. In Insurrection Rollins does not reject the resurrection but argues we must take it more seriously than ever. This book is a must read.” [amazon review]

I highly recommend reading this book. The Church and Postmodern Culture blog is hosting a discussion of the book that is also worth reading. The first response is by Katharine Moody and is especially insightful. Rollins responded to Moody and now Jason Clark has posted an additional reflection, which I disagreed with in the comment section (see Rollins’ response).

I really like these images by Andre Petterson. This one in...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:08:15 -0500

I really like these images by Andre Petterson. This one in particular goes together in my mind with the Crumbling Stories photos. (via)

"The temptation to be resisted is the temptation of meaning itself. …I claim that Christ died on the..."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:45:19 -0500

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The temptation to be resisted is the temptation of meaning itself.

…I claim that Christ died on the cross precisely to reject such attempts at finding a higher purpose or meaning. Rather, the message is: “Your standards matter to me. I throw myself into creation, and abandon my place up there.”

…The message is not: we trust God. The message is rather: God trusts us. The gesture of Christ says, “I leave it over to you.”

…God made the wager on us. It is really a crazy wager, where God is saying: “I leave it to you. Holy Ghost, community of believers, you have to do it!”

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- Slavoj Zizek