August 2011
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RELEVANT Magazine - The 6 Things that Divide... →
Phew, there are only six…wait.
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Freedom For Yvonne, Germany's Runaway Cow: Search... →
“The Mühldorf district office requests that the animal not be disturbed in its current habitat,” according to an official statement relayed by Der Spiegel.” | I just love this kind of thing. Reminds me of the wild ponies in St. David’s, Wales.
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Review: Creator Spirit by Steven R. Guthrie →
“…it challenges certain myths about the relationship between art and spirituality inhabiting contemporary thought.”
Art and spirituality are connected because both involve mystical and emotional, rather than rational, experiences.
Art and spirituality are connected because both are concerned with what is ‘beyond’ the physical and the representable.
Art and spirituality are...
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Comparing Divine and Artistic Creativity (Part I) →
The first of a series of 5 blog posts by Jim Watkins, a student at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews, comparing “Divine” and “Artistic” creativity.| Looking forward to this. On to Part 1!
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Gibson Guitar plant in Nashville, Memphis raided... →
Shouldn’t serial numbers be sufficient enough to prove that the instrument was made? This is messed up! Government putting its nose where it doesn’t belong!
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Music and Transcendence Conference Part 2 →
Here’s the official page! Next Year!
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Call for Papers: ‘Music and Transcendence’ →
Music and Transcendence 29 November 2011 Cambridge, U.K.
This sounds really interesting. If I have a grand to drop on a plane ticket, this could prove to be one of the most sublime conferences ever!
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Made Me Glad | richvanvoorst A little taste of...
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Bono Interview: Grace Over Karma →
“Christ teaches that God is love. …Where things get complicated for me, is when I try to live this love. Now that’s not so easy.”
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ÜberFacts: A tiny island in the South Pacific is... →
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The 2,000 residents of the island nation of Niue are in for an awesome surprise - a…”Niue hope,” if you will. Beginning in November, all Nieueans will have the opportunity to spend silver currency from a galaxy far, far away. As the island is a self-governing nation in free association with…
Really, Star Wars currency? I wonder if China will try to buy it too? It’s probably...
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Defining The Universe: Harder Than You Think :... →
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Does A Jazz Critic Have To Be A Jazz Musician,... →
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Great Teaching Tool: Animated Sheet Music
Animated Sheet Music: “So What” by Miles Davis (by dancohen) | This is amazing. What a great way to teach people to connect written music with the recording as it is played, especially non-jazz musicians. It could assist in exmplaining the abstract concepts of “swing,” style, phrasing, and musical inflections. Great teaching tool!
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“When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the...”
– ~ C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
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Quote of the Week: John Witvliet
“The goal of the liturgical artist, is not to generate artworks that merely “connect with” people, but rather to enable them, corporately, to participate in acts of trinitarian, covenantal renewal.” -John D. Witvliet
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“The goal of the liturgical artist, is not to generate artworks that merely...”
– Quote of the week
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“The best thing you can do for your fellow next to rousing his conscience, is —...”
– (via blinksnap)
Sehnsucht! 