BREAD & GLITTER
Meditations
Vinyl Candles & the Pursuit of Heaven
We take ourselves where we go, and too often we forget what we bring to the places we visit. We visit nature in motor homes complete with on-board stoves and dvd players and wonder why nature seems so similar to the electrical hum of our suburban drawl. Faith, Silence, Heaven, and the wilderness share a common trait, if you are to meet them you must approach them on their own terms. Continue reading
On Pilgrimage to the Cross
To reflect upon Holy week: A review of the Stations of the Cross exhibition at Commonwealth Gallery, in Madison, WI by Bobbette Rose. Continue reading
Art as a Gift
Art as a gift. That is the phrase that rolled around inside of me as last summer’s symposium came to a close. For me, one of the most moving topics we discussed was “Art and Commission” and the consequential discussion about the Danish film Babette’s Feast by Gabriel Axel. The film, set in the 1870s, tells the … Continue reading
Breathe
Breathe by Rachel Wegner // Breathe. Like I’ll never breathe again. (And maybe I won’t.) My soul clings to the dust from which it came. Shrouded. Dirtied. Hidden. The rise and fall of my chest now slows, and I wonder how I got here. “To everything there is a season,” the broken sage recites. A … Continue reading
Room for Two
Room for Two by Rachel Wegner These dreams He gave me are a hard fought battle. The very nature of them exacts a wrestle in the deepest part of me, with a million-and-one moments of hope, doubt, exhilaration, grief. Perhaps I thought it would be one swift motion when the time for a dream had … Continue reading
About: KC Summer Symposium
About: KC Summer Symposium by CHRISTINA CARNES “These [Christian] artists are not working with a clear theological or artistic consensus, a coherent cultural strategy, or a broad-based community support. Therefore, they are necessarily placed in a situation of negotiation and compromise. Creatively, artists are forced to make do with bits and pieces – retrieved from … Continue reading
