A while back I posted a working definition of “Great Art” on my Facebook page. It was something along the lines of, “Great Art is that which helps us empathize with others and leads us into a conversation with the divine.” I’ve been doing more thinking about it and want to propose another definition that [...]
So if you’ve been following my musings here for a while you know that I’ve written from time to time about my creative process or lack there-of. I’ve been thinking a lot recently for my thesis about art and what separates ‘great art’ from other art, and also great artists from other creatives. I’m in [...]
As awesome as my grad school program has been (and believe me, it’s been free-jet-pack awesome), I can’t help but think that we are missing something big. I am not a designer. I’ve tinkered with the theme for my blog and I do photography. But I feel I have at least an appreciation of, if [...]
I may have posted this as a quote on Facebook before, but I wanted to post a longer version here. This is from an essay called ‘How Art is a Gift, a Calling, and an Obedience’ by Andy Crouch. It’s in a collection of essays titled For the Beauty of the Church edited by W. [...]
I watched the documentary WarPhotographer tonight. The movie is about freelance photographer James Nachtwey who is one of the preeminent documentary photographers on the planet. It’s the second time I’ve watched it and it always makes me want to be a better photographer. To take photos that matter. To do something with my life that [...]
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