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You will self-destruct (creatively) if you don’t respond to this message

by andrewkooman on June 15, 2011

Author Carey Wallace writes: Discipline is not a mystery. Its elements are so simple they can seem mocking. Put down the extra slice of bread. Run one more mile. Pick up the pen, or brush, or violin. It’s no more complicated in the creative spheres. But it’s every bit as elusive there as it is in the [...]

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David Savage: Emerging Photo/Blogger

by andrewkooman on March 29, 2010

Mon cher cousin Dave is in Paris, finishing up a double degree, spending his last semester just outside the City of Lights. I’m spectacularly jealous. In his spare time, he’s discovered he not only enjoys taking photographs, but that he’s good at it too.  I really have been enjoying Dave’s photos of the city for [...]

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tinkering

by andrewkooman on February 26, 2010

I’m making a few changes to my website; you may have taken note if you stop by here every once in awhile. I wanted to start focusing more on content, and so I’ve arranged things to reflect that; I hope to write with more focus on things to do with faith and justice, the poetic, [...]

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North Western College's Terror Texts from Ancient Israel

by ak on November 22, 2008

This play would be interesting to check out.  An examination of some passages in the Bible the play’s director refers to as ‘terror texts.’ 2 interesting quotes from the Newsweek article: “This particular project has affected the way I view negative emotions — grief, anger, bitterness and spite and hate. We are meant to be emotional [...]

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