It is dark. It is provocative. Under the gothic vision laid out by Burton…I found it to be hopeful. I went to see Disney’s Alice in Wonderland as directed by Tim Burton . ( http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/ )
Disney’s Alice In Wonderland (2010) Cool Trailer! – The best video clips are right here
I have come to expect the macabre and [...]
Filed under: art, relationships, wonder, writing on March 7th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I have mentioned her work before. Sarah Bettens is one of my favorite modern artists. My first experience with her music was due to a link on a myspace page of another musician I respect. I emailed her a question about one of her songs, she responded, and I was hooked. She is an incredible artist.
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Filed under: art, life, music, purpose on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
Kyler England has some powerful lyrics. This is one of many. It moved me, so I’m sharing.
Filed under: art, music on January 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ms. Tina Sloan (http://www.changingshoes.com/home.html) posted this and I fell in love with it. So Merry Christmas!
What is that? (Τι είναι αυτό;) 2007 from MovieTeller on Vimeo.
“Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Filed under: art, life, relationships, wonder on December 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently have developed a relationship I truly have come to value a great deal. She’s an amazing lady. She is a wonderful wife. She’s a mother of two incredible, strong, lovely, intelligent women. She is an encourager. She is a lady of remarkable faith. She is a challenging writer. A world class story teller! She knows [...]
Filed under: art, hobby, life on December 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
I think the most significant and poignant lines in this song to me are:
“It’s because I know that you won’t say no that I’m asking…”
(Sarah Bettens, song Rescue Me, Album Shine, © Copyright-Cocoon Records (700261228952) Record Label: Cocoon Records)
I can not express how much that touches me. When I brainstormed all the words that [...]
Filed under: art, life, music on November 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I found this link and loved the article on Anne Rice. I must admit I haven’t read many of her vampire novels. I’m just not a horror buff, but I know many who have. And I do respect her work as an author. I think the article speaks for itself. I applaud Speakeasy Magazine of [...]
Filed under: Christianity, art, wonder, writing on October 29th, 2009 | No Comments »
Lauren Myracle wrote a book about 5th graders. She included some characters that some would consider to be controversal. Scholastics publishers (whom I have greatly respected in the past) intially planned to pull the book because of these characters and some slang.
Here are the links with details:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/28/scholastic-book-lgbt/
http://onourmindsatscholastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/news-regarding-lauren-myracles-luv-ya.html
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/scholastic_reverses_decision_to_exclude_gay_friendly_book_from_fairs
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6630620&articleid=CA6703349
http://www.abramsbooks.com/luvyabunches/code/index1.html
http://laurenmyracle.com/blog.html
The author is a NYTimes best seller. I know [...]
Filed under: art, life, politics, purpose, relating well, relationships, wonder, writing on October 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just a brown winged sparrow sat
In a cage
Gilded, but a cage
Softly it sang out a melody
For a while
Sometimes happy, but a personal eternity
There was no answer to its refrain
The house was silent
The silence echoed wall to wall
Just a brown winged sparrow quiet
No song to sing
Forgot the notes; caught in its throat
Winter to spring; the bird [...]
Filed under: art, life, nature, poetry on October 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
This impressed me so much. Kris Delmhorst’s ‘Yellow Brick Road’ (album Five Stories [2001]).
I’m off to see the wizard in his castle on the hill
And I never once have known him and I do not know him still
Because his face it is magnificent but you’ll never see his hands
And the way he throws his [...]
Filed under: art, life, music, poetry, wonder, writing on October 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
