OJCCC recommends you to read this story. There once existed a village, heavily populated, that was entirely self-contained within four tall wooden walls. Though the village occasionally had dealings with those outside the walls, most of the villagers themselves did not. Rather, they spent their lives simply living and communing with each other, taking solace…
Category: Art
The Block in My Heart
This block is not in my head. It is in my heart. Tearing at the part of me that once burned white hot. I have lost sight of the Artist So my words become artless… I used to know how to do this thing. Now I don’t have any ideas. Why do I have this…
“Is that really art?”
“Is that really art?” -It is the question over everyone’s head in a modern art museum. The question is not new, and the discussion on modern art is longstanding. H. R. Rookmaaker’s Modern Art and the Death of a Culture invites readers into the discussion on modern art, what it is, where it came from, and why…
Fill in the Bl____ – A Lens on Life
“The night air gripped my face tightly. Alone I walked back from ______. Just as I came around the corner a _______ brushed passed me. _________ I cried!” Question: what would you have put in those blanks? Whatever you put in, you inserted your own meaning and allowed yourself to dream just a little bit. What…
Come Home: A Plea to Make the Arts at Home in the Church
Beginnings: Art, along with the artists producing art, should be at home within the community of the Church. More than that, the community that the faith of Christians calls them to should provide valuable collaborative community so strong, sure, and beneficial that the Arts Community will turn to it for salvation from the harmful production…