Producing the Proper Produce: Theology as Play
Here’s a thought experiment. In improvisational theatre there is a game used to generate ideas and sometimes to warm up performers called ‘Word Association’. …
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Creativity as a Call to Virtue?
Sooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their…
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Reviews: The Fall of Interpretation and Imagining the Kingdom
James K.A. Smith, The Fall of Interpretation: Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012, xviii + 229pp., £14.99/$24.99 paper….
Read MoreCan good design save the economy? A Response
Those who watched the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics were presented with a visual display of what British art, design, and music…
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Risk to Life: The Ethics of Chris Burden’s ‘Shoot’
In this post, part two of a series on morality in art, we will move on to another of critic Robert Horvitz’ questions in…
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Art & Prudence: Jacques Maritain on the Responsibility of the Artist
In a 1976 article in Artforum magazine, critic Robert Horvitz asks: ‘To what extent, if any, and under what conditions, does morality have a…
Read MoreSay Cheese? – The Blurring of Public and Private
Not too long ago, I was listening to the story of a guy (I’ll call him Mark) who went to see one of his…
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Films about Art: Waste Land (2010)
This post is Part II in a series highlighting some insightful documentary films from the past decade on art and artmaking. [Read Part I…
Read MoreTheatre: Humans Acting Humanely?
My experience of studying acting while a seminary student in Chicago allowed me to explore the relationship between ministry and theatre in some very…
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