Getting Groovy: The Return of Analog
There’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on…
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Courting Camp: An Everyday Aesthetic
When postmodernity marked the “aestheticization” of reality, the lines between high and low culture collapsed and a sensibility devoted to seeing the world as…
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The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives
In a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’…
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Is Christianity Unified?: A Perspective from True Blood
On Facebook several weeks ago, a friend mentioned in a passing status something about Christian unity and the division of denominations to which someone…
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Making Room for Others: Creative Genius and Theology
This post is long overdue, but I wanted to write it anyway. In a 2009 TED Talk titled “Your Elusive Creative Genius,” Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat,…
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Artists: Don’t Just Work; Be at Leisure!
As a current 11th English teacher, I often have situations arise that give me new ways to consider the relationship between art, imagination, and…
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Face to Face v. Mediated Messages through the Millennia
When it comes to catching up with grandma or the cousins, Skype is a fantastic tool. As a means of trying to convey the…
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I Wonder: Work, Art and the Deeper Meaning of Life
Having previously been a guest contributor to Transpositions, I am delighted now to be a “regular!” Although I began contributing as a graduate student…
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God and Oscar®: Whispers of Faith in the Motion Picture Academy
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Image editor Gregory Wolfe rejects the assertion that: Whereas in the 20th century there were literary giants…
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