The Wound and The Coyote: Joseph Beuys’ Spiritual Vision
If you come in a space with a big flame of fire you will get burnt, and you cannot say: ‘This is the symbol…
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Serving Clients with Bad Taste
My previous post on cakes has provoked a good deal of comment, and one of those comments, as well as Sara’s post on autonomy,…
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All that Jazz
“I never like jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw…
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The Worldview Behind the Work of Art: Five Cautionary Statements
Analysing a work of art by constructing a worldview that supposedly shapes the work of art or is embodied by the work of art…
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Where Does our Service Lie?: The Christian Artist and the Church (Part 1)
How are Christian artists meant to relate to the church? This is a question that has plagued us for centuries, and I definitely don’t…
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Playing the Kingdom of God
Last week, I wrote a post on Buren’s Columns, and I said that this installation of striped pillars in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal…
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Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Conversations with the Work of David Brown
This year the annual conference of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews—held 6-8 September—will focus on…
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Author’s note: If you have somehow managed neither to see Signs nor learn the ending, there are spoilers ahead. As a Christian watching M….
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Deadly Theatre and a Plea for Creativity
Imagine yourself sitting in a theatre waiting for a play to begin. The lights dim, the curtain is pulled, and the first actors emerge…
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