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Oct 17, 2008

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Q&A with James Woller, “Bulembu International”

I work in a community in Swaziland, Africa called Bulembu where we help those who are suffering from disease, have very little food and can’t find jobs. We try to give opportunities for people to go to work, and provide for their families; opportunities for kids to get a good education so that they can have access to jobs; opportunities to receive medical treatment for those who have diseases. But one of the most important things we do is look for ways to teach those we help, how to learn how to do many things on their own.

Effulgence

Oct 17, 2008

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Effulgence

Art creates a space of freedom removed from life in order to reveal what is overlooked and represent possibilities. In my work I aim to create alternatives to the anesthetized "experiences" that are consumed in our economy. The experiences I create take form within...

Mystery, Creation

Oct 17, 2008

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Mystery, Creation

In my paintings, I seek to explore the beauty and mystery of the landscape. In "Mystery, Creation" my intent is to express the divine beauty of creation through the use of light and color, evoking a sense of mystery to what is beneath the surface of the land.The...

Oct 17, 2008

Week of October 12, 2008

Comment has a new publisher! Sort of. The Work Research Foundation has become Cardus: a new unique name for the same unique organization.The Cardus was an ancient north-south road that connected the people of Roman cities to their major public spaces. On the Cardus...

Oct 17, 2008

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Darkness, the silver screen, and the human soul

Holocaust feature films are powerful because film is story, and good stories tend to be about individuals at odds with the world around them. The personal transformation of the complex and profoundly imperfect man in Schindler’s List might very easily be our own story. We are all of us ruined palaces and glorious ruins.

Oct 10, 2008

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Rules of thumb

We asked Comment contributors to send us very short statements of practical wisdom that they use and are willing to stand by, based on their own experience or oral traditions in their communities.

Embed

Oct 10, 2008

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Embed

This piece, entitled Embed (2008), is part of my current work in the Natural Motif Series. The works employ detailed specimen drawings of dead plant matter such as husks and twigs along with snippets of decorative plant-based patterns from Victorian era wallpapers and...

Oct 5, 2008

Week of October 5, 2008

The Work Research Foundation - publisher of Comment - is marking its new name, look and style with re-launch events coming up across North America. Catch us first in Ottawa, Ontario next Thursday, October 16!At the terrific CPYU Bookshelf, a new resource from Derek...

Oct 3, 2008

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How am I defined?

I could not discover who I was, apart from my experiences and accomplishments. What did it mean to feel and care as I did? What were the passions that had been planted so deep within me? Who was this God who was calling me to a vocation deeper than any job or career I could pursue?