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Oct 3, 2008

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Q&A with Jim Gilmore, “Business Consultant”

I teach classes on shopping! I know a lot about why people buy things and I try to help people who sell things to do a better job. And not just a better job of selling things, like physical toys, but a better job of selling what I call experiences, like going to Disneyland.

Healing Waters

Oct 3, 2008

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Healing Waters

"Healing Waters" is one of several pieces from my senior student exhibition at Redeemer University College, 2007. The show, "Marked Places" visually documented various places along my spiritual journey. This piece rested in the middle of other charcoals exhibiting...

Sep 26, 2008

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“Frozen River” and the human condition

The eternal dynamic of evil, guilt, and mercy gives Frozen River its spine. It is not a perfect film, but somehow even its flaws lend it credibility and authenticity as a portrait of the weakness and grandeur of the human heart. This is the oldest theme in literature, but it is also the most important, a fact that the last eighteen months of American cinema have shown.

Beyond

Sep 26, 2008

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Beyond

This piece was the result of an album design project for Aileen Gilchrist's new album Face to Face.The design, which consists of around thirty layers of photographic, painted and texture elements, evolved through about seven different iterations before this mystic...

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Sep 26, 2008

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This chair is part of a series of chairs that I restored for my senior exhibition art show while studying at Redeemer University College. I found this chair outside someone's home, abandoned for garbage day. As I took it home and began stripping it, I discovered that...

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Sep 19, 2008

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There is a desire in me to hide: from myself, from community, from being known. I have this idea in my head that says If I remain ambiguous, then people will be attracted to the mystery and not know any of my faults. This, I've discovered, is a lonely place to live....

Psalms 1

Sep 19, 2008

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Psalms 1

'All-seeing', 'nourishing', and 'watchful' are a few of the words that inspired the image of Psalms 1, which is painted using acrylic paint and charcoal. The natural colors represent creation, and the blue moving through the center portrays the idea of water to...