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Aug 29, 2008 Uncategorized

Reminders of the quotidian mysteries

When you see her work, it can be difficult to know what exactly you’re looking at. Donovan’s patiently created work deserves an equally patient, detailed look. Its relationship to natural phenomena—coral, bubbles, snowdrifts, hardened volcanic lava—is striking at distance, but as you approach the work, it maintains its artistry even as it reveals its construction.

Aug 29, 2008 Uncategorized

Q&A with John Terpstra, “carpenter, cabinetmaker and poet”

I make things out of wood, like kitchen cabinets and backyard decks; and I make things out of words, like poems and books.

Aug 22, 2008 Uncategorized

Swimming in the culture lake

For T. M. Moore, far too many Christians are simply indifferent to the culture they swim in. They are unaware or don’t care how they are being shaped and molded by it. He calls for change.

Aug 22, 2008 Uncategorized

Q&A with Gordon Leverton, “Artist”

I draw and paint buildings with pastel on paper. I walk around factory sites, alleys and run-down neighbourhoods with my camera, take pictures of buildings or doorways, walls and so on, then draw an image partially based on the photo.

Aug 22, 2008 Uncategorized

The Interval

This drawing is part of a series I?m doing about people and their immediate environment. I try to draw people in the room they spend the most time in. This woman is the wife of the assistant pastor of our church. She spends most of her time with her baby son. This was...

Aug 15, 2008 Uncategorized

Skilful culture making

Five ingredients to create cultural excellence with widespread influence.

Aug 15, 2008 Uncategorized

Q&A with Russ Reeves, “Academic Dean, Providence Christian College”

I teach students about what people thought and believed, help other teachers to teach well, and read all I can to help me accomplish the first and second, which makes me also a student.

Aug 15, 2008 Uncategorized

Histories

I made a list of the images in my mind as I worked on this piece. Here are some; Shipping news, plates, feasts, people, violence, symphonies, fishing lines, fragility, love, voices, planets, time. I kept on looking at the space between each colored circle.