This past weekend had what turned out to be a great conference converging great minds and radical practitioners in little ol’ Springfield, MO. I am pleased that I am able to say that Adam Moore and I were able to contribute something to the conference. Both Adam & I both have a good amount of experience doing […]
Archives for the ‘art’ Category
the 1st proclamation of the Bauhaus
Monday, 27 February 2012
“Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew the composite character of a building as an entity. …Art is not a ‘profession.’ There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman. The artist is an exalted craftsman. … Together let us conceive and create the new building of the future, which will embrace architecture […]
prayers, photos & #atheismforlent
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
At least a month ago I got an idea for Lent. I had been thinking for sometime about a way to explore and express the Lenten journey in a creative way. I desired to find a way of walking through this time which wasn’t simply marked by giving up a basic desire. I wanted to […]
pictorial reflections upon a local space #emmawalk
Monday, 6 February 2012
These are the selected photographs taken from a walk down the backside of the historic downtown area—just a short walk from home.
why sacred & secular are the same || or why jingle bells is sacred music
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
The Clayfire Curator recently posted this question on their blog: “Do you use non-sacred Christmas music in December worship?“ Here was my reply & conversation with @Clayfire about it on Twitter: Below is my longer response that I posted on their Facebook page: I didn’t mean to sound contentious with my statement. But […]
::Third Stone Sun Celebrants:: || handout
Friday, 2 September 2011
{here are the handouts there we placed on each chair; still not letting onto the nature of the event, the back has more mythology from the group.}
::Third Stone Sun Celebrants:: || A Vision of the Blessed Cisneros
Friday, 2 September 2011
{this is the reading I wrote for our recent Vespers event, ::Third Stone Sun Celebrants::. it is composed of two parts, the first part is derived from Ezekiel 1 and the second part from the beginning of the chapter “The Look” from Sartre’s Being and Nothingness.} A Vision of the Blessed Cisneros In the thirtieth […]
::Third Stone Sun Celebrants:: || liturgy
Thursday, 1 September 2011
{this is the reading I wrote for our recent Vespers event, ::Third Stone Sun Celebrants::. it is composed of two parts, the first part is derived from Ezekiel 1 and the second part from the beginning of the chapter “The Look” from Sartre’s Being and Nothingness.} PROCESSION CHANT (with light percussion ~ 5 minutes) […]
::Third Stone Sun Celebrants::
Thursday, 1 September 2011
If you haven’t seen yet, pictures are up on VintageVespers.org for our recent event ::ThirdStoneSunCelebrants:: It was a great time. Everyone involved had a great time performing. Everyone in the crowd was baffled by the performance for most of the event. Most of the older adults were some where between freaked out and just […]
mystery in the church
Sunday, 28 August 2011
I wrote a short piece over at Clayfire Curator on the subject of curating worship services around the theme of mystery. It was titled “How to Curate the Unspeakable (in 3 Easy Steps)” and you can read it here. Interestingly, I found a lot of parallel ideas in a post written by Cary Gibson reflecting […]