Barbara Brown Taylor, in An Altar in the World, advocates walking as spiritual practice. She doesn't mean walking and praying as you go. She means walking and being quiet, paying attention. Some leaves hang on to the tree, curling up in a tight cylinder. Others die in tire tracks, leaving the ice in the rut …
Three Tall Women Demonstrate Why Art Matters
At 7:15 p.m. on this Wednesday evening I was in a bit of a huff. Mad, actually, because I couldn't find a parking place. I hate to pay for parking. And usually there's a spot lurking somewhere west of Seattle Center. But not tonight. I finally gave up, parked and payed, and headed across the …
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Does Art Matter?
I've rarely asked this question. I've always believed in my bones that it does. But in exiting paid ministry, in which lives can change pretty dramatically as a direct or indirect result of your work, I wonder not only about the theatre, but about art in general. Who gets their busted lives put back together …
A Christian Aesthetic
My intellect is getting a pretty robust workout these days, pressing some heavy reading about aesthetics, moral creativity (does that make anyone nervous? I'm loving it...), and the notion that surfaces may actually have substance. Just think, lots of people are designing things that are aimed straight at my amygdala, my pre-cognitive, emotional self, …
The American Clock
I've got to get out more. Last night, I trekked downtown to small venue I'd never been to before, one of the performing spaces for Cornish School of the Arts (it may be the only one...I don't know). I went to see the opening of The American Clock, by Arthur Miller, directed by Carol Roscoe. …
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