I just recently discovered the work of Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996), a brilliant Japanese musician and artist. He was quite renowned for his biblical prints rendered in the mingei (folk art) tradition of Japan. I do revere folk art of all cultures because of its graphic simplicity and pellucid nature. You can view more of Watanabe’s…
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What is your aesthetic?
I love reading Richard Beck’s blog. Today he posted an excerpt of a conversation he had with one of his students. The student, after reading some critiques of Christianity, was having some doubts about his faith. He asked Dr. Beck why he believed in Christianity. His answer was truly inspiring to me. Me (Dr. Beck):…
Super Hero Posters
Growing up I loved superheros. I don’t know what it was about them that made me want to be one. Maybe it was their super powers or awesome, colorful costumes. But whatever it was, something about them captured my imagination back then and still does today. I found these fantastic superhero posters by illustrator Michael…
Liturgical Calendar
Awesome and helpful round style Liturgical Calendar via Experimental Theology.
Truth, Goodness and Beauty
To feel deeply that truth, goodness, and beauty belong together, that, in fact, in their fullest realization, they are together, is another way of saying that one believes in God. To experience what little we can do as persons as still important is a form of belief in God. To sense that we are known…
Why I Need It.
Detail from Stephen B Whatley’s painting ‘The Glory of Christ’, created on Easter Day 2008. Oil on canvas 30 x 24in Here is a little essay I wrote and shared at Valley Mosaic last night. It’s about why I need Resurrection, Inspired by this little project over at patheos. Resurrection is not just something that…
The nightmare of His sepulcher
Max Beckmann, “Descent from the Cross” oil on canvas, 1917 What hard travail God does in death! He strives in sleep, in our despair, And all flesh shudders underneath The nightmare of His sepulcher. The earth shakes, grinding its deep stone; All night the cold wind heaves and pries; Creation strains sinew and bone Against…
The Combinations Rule
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Holy Week and The Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart of Jesus ~ 2010 by Stephen B Whatley I have seen tons of paintings of Jesus and the Saints where the flaming Sacred Heart is depicted but I never really thought about what exactly it was supposed to represent. I just got done reading Father Rohr’s latest email meditation (the Tuesday of…
The Art of Andrea Büttner
I came across this work by Adnrea Büettner via Aesthetica Magazine. I was immediately engrossed by it. The graphic woodcut style, not to mention religious subject matter, echoes classic Catholic Iconography. Adrea recently won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. “The Prize celebrates the diversity that female artists bring to contemporary art, with regards…