cobbling together the artist's life…coaching, acting, photography, writing, and music…
Here's a question: what does Beauty have to do with the health-care debate? I'm not much of a political animal. Whether that's a badge of honor or shame depends on who you talk to, but it's getting harder to avoid getting drawn into the "debates" (read mud-slinging) about health-care, economics, race, and other areas of …
Continue reading "Reluctantly Asking the Health-Care Questions"
Last Friday night, Greenwood held it's monthly 2nd Friday artwalk. As part of that event, Taproot Theatre staged its own entry: the making of a portrait. The artist was my good friend Sam Vance, and his subject was another good friend, Nikki Visel. The impetus for this was a scene from Taproot Theatre's next offering, …
Reading Kierkegaard this morning. Went to bed too late to be up comprehending Kierkegaard, but the great phrase "to will one thing" is on my mind. So I'm reading the online version of Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing, and am stopped at the 2nd chapter. Kierkegaard says remorse always comes …
Here's a fascinating exercise: go to WebUrbanist and ponder these abandoned churches. Truly beautiful buildings that were once opened with hope, worship, and vitality. Places built to honor God (and perhaps demonstrate power and wealth of some kind) and therefore places where now unknown people felt awe, transparency, conviction, and the power of divinity. Now …
Imagine. Talking to God. Prayer is another of those funny English words that stand symbol for all kinds of experiences. Wikipedia has that it enters the English language in the late 13th C, from French and Latin words built on the ideas of entreaty, request, and simple asking. And when the folks I know talk …
JEFF BERRYMAN 