Posts Tagged ‘Art’
September Wallpaper
Thought I would share my current desktop image. I’ve been finding some cool space art online and this one I decided to use for my desktop. I love science fiction scenes, and have ever since Star Wars caught my attention when I was a kid. Found anything cool for your desktop image? [ Image can [...]
Open or Closed, Part II: License and Free(dom)
I found another portion of the open or closed question. What about open and closed software licenses? Here’s a quick rundown of the license categories (check here for more details): GNU GPL type licenses. Very open. Liberal Licenses (i.e. Creative Commons type, Mozilla Public License). Mostly open. Closed source (i.e. proprietary license). Closed. The more [...]
Consuming vs Producing
Here’s a quickie for the start of the week. I’ve taken a little break from tweeting and blogging for the last week. Part was for vacation. Dusty and I went to Pigeon Forge, TN for a few days. We had a great time! No computers, no Twitter, just us. Wonderful. But it did cause me [...]
The Place of Art in the Church Part II
The purpose of all art in the Church is to glorify God. When the Church creates art, it is expressing what the soul wants to say to God. It is our expression of what God has revealed to us to be Truth (as in absolute Truth). This can be in a worship song of adoration, [...]
The Nature of Tools: Thoughts on Worship
I just read a blog post yesterday that inspired me to say something about tools. I stumbled across this link on twitter in a search I have up in TweetDeck. So here goes. Is a tool inherently good or evil? How about a fork? Is it good? Bad? Seems a kind of silly question. Let [...]
What Kind of Art Moves You?
Here’s a question for all of you to answer: What kind (or kinds) of art moves you? And why does it do that? What are you passionate about? What stuff do you read/see/hear that makes you understand something deeper? You get the idea. I had been thinking of how I love music and writing. Naturally, [...]
The Church and Art
I recently watched this video a few days ago and it got me thinking. We as a church body have gotten behind when it comes to art. When was the last time you heard of an awesome piece of music that moved the genre in a brand new direction? When did you last see a [...]
Silence
In our daily lives, there is little silence. Almost every moment is consumed by something; whether it is music, work, radio, television, the list goes on. However, we should still remember the importance of silence. Silence can be deafening. It’s ironic, but life is full of those ironies. Like being alone in a crowd. Example: [...]