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May 6, 2011

Week of May 1, 2011

1. We have much to learn, grasshoppers: Comment publisher Ray Pennings walks the stage later today in Grand Rapids, receiving his Master of Arts in Religion. We heartily congratulate our fearless leader of research, and look forward—with all the world—to the...

Nothing on You

Apr 29, 2011

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Nothing on You

Wood, water, soap, air, tubing, motors 18 x 8 feet 2011Nothing on You is a full room installation in which a wooden plank floor/platform is installed six inches above the present floor. Upon the entrance to the room, small soap bubbles emerge from missing knots in the...

Apr 29, 2011

Week of April 24, 2011

1. Marilynne Robinson on Christian Liberalism: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead delivered the Kuyper Prize Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary's Kuyper Center a few weeks ago. Here's a summary and a link to the MP3. 2. 'The Phantom Tollbooth' and the...

Untitled

Apr 21, 2011

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Untitled

Oil on panel 24" x 16" 2009He isn't looking at you. He's looking at the picture-plane, the site of the methodological drama and the working space of painting. He is obligated to the spectatorial pretense of the portrait. The "black of portraiture" takes up the rest of...

Apr 21, 2011

Week of April 17, 2011

Comment wishes for its readers a reflective, restorative weekend. After Good Friday comes Easter—all will be well.Also, Acton Institute and Kuyper College launch " Common Grace," a major Abraham Kuyper translation project.    

Idols, Icons, and Facebook

Apr 21, 2011

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Idols, Icons, and Facebook

Technology shapes us. But how we use technology shapes it, too. We make of our technology an idol or an icon. Our gaze—our intention—helps determine what the technology becomes.