Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part I)
This is the first of a series of five posts exploring the issues involved in making comparisons between divine and artistic creativity.
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Review: Lovely, Raspberry by Aaron Belz
A review of: Aaron Belz. Lovely, Raspberry. New York: Persea, 2010. (70 pages; ISBN: 978-0-89255-359-4) His first collection, The Bird Hoverer, was described by the Boston Review as “masterfully strange.” A poetic compliment indeed for Belz (b.1971) who has been…
Making a ‘Place’ in a Place: A Reflection on Culture-Making
This summer, I’ve returned to two places from my past. One was the place where my family has lived for nearly 20 years. The other was a place that I lived and worked for a majority of my adult life.…
Featured Artist: Aaron Belz
Aaron Belz is a poet living in Efland, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. in English and history from Covenant College (1993), a Master’s in Creative Writing from New York University (1995) and a doctorate in English from Saint Louis…
The Importance of the Arts in Christian Higher Education
I am very pleased to be invited to contribute to this symposium on Christianity, art, and education. I am even more pleased do to so in the company of distinguished artists, and at the request of Jim Watkins as a…
Leith School of Art: A College of the Visual Arts with a Christian Foundation
Lindsay Brown, the International Director of the Lausanne Congress, believes that Leith School of Art is the only college of the visual arts with a Christian foundation in the whole of Europe. So, what does that look like? Leith School…
Generosity of Spirit: A Perspective on Faith, Art and Teaching
During my graduate studies at Indiana University I encountered a way of thinking that not only resonated with my faith but also changed my perspective on teaching. It was a view promoted by my main professor, Barry Gealt. He advocated…
Worth Celebrating: A Reflection from a Christian MFA Student
Looking back, writing and music have been the twin passions of my life. As a child I wrote children’s books, and in high school, I wrote historical fiction. I studied literature in college and also started playing guitar and writing…
Looking Comes First
In The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis spins a yarn in which denizens of hell are given a bus-trip to the lowlands of heaven – presumably to offer comparison to their ghostly and miserific existence, and to tempt them to…