July 2009
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What painting is not
Painting is no longer a way to communicate to the common person. Hieroglyphics retold stories and chronicled history to the (illiterate) masses. Thomas Merton learned the Christian plan of Salvation by looking at the Fresco paintings in European churches. Dali and the Surrealists showed the world the twisted depths of their imagination and gave us a glimpse into the subconscious. Paintings can no...
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Current Art
I am not doing much art, but I just caught up with a friend from high school who used to model for me. During this time I was able to make a few sketch paintings and I may have gained a renewed creative fervor.
Being married, I have not figured out what kind of art I will be doing now. Much of what drove my art in the past was the passion and angst that I felt about being reluctantly single, or...
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Relative truths
Why is it that everything has to be relative?
I really grow tired of hearing the reply “well, it is good to hear that is your truth”, or “that truth is working for you”.
If there is truth, that is it: it is true. Truth would cease to be true if it became relative.
Here are some online resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth
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Promoting gluttony is easy
Premise: Homosexuals are the vocal minority
Premise: Faithful heterosexual husbands are not often vocal about the benefits of their monogamy
Inference: Condoning pleasures and various caprices might arise in one’s imagination is not difficult and requires no restraint.
Inference: Lifelong monogamy requires self-control and endurance
Premise: It is not possible to fail at indulgence...