Posted in big questions, imagination on Jan 14th, 2009 No Comments »
I am intrigued by a phrase in “Over the River with Christo & Jeanne-Claude,” by Steven C. Munson: “The focus is on what the artists have done, not on what they have made.” Mr. Munson contrasts the ephemeral character of work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude with the relatively enduring nature of most of the art [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, a luta continua, big questions, imagination, the story and its songs on Jan 6th, 2009 3 Comments »
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In the first session of my aesthetics course at Redeemer University College, last night, we watched a documentary on Andy Goldsworthy, and talked about the possible meanings of the words “nature” and “culture.” Something I noticed for the first time in this viewing of the movie was this claim from Mr. Goldsworthy: “I feel the [...]
Posted in imagination, the story and its songs on Nov 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Tala and Hannah with friends sing an Eastern European song
This song was performed by Hannah and Tala with their friends AmyAnn and Joe at the Freedom concert this past weekend.
A song Hannah wrote
Hannah, Tala, Angela, and their friend Michelle performed this song at the Freedom concert also, but my attempts to capture it there were [...]
