The New Year has come! How did you spend the night? Did you stay up late watching movies and munching on an unspeakable number of chocolate-coated pretzels? Did you throw confetti as the clock struck twelve? Or, perhaps, did you spend the day smashing your mother’s finest chinaware? While that […]
Tag: art
Why We Should Not be a Soggy Pile of Pine Needles
Have you ever wrestled a Christmas tree? I wouldn’t recommend it. Just think about this: the tree is much larger than you; it has pokey barbs covering it that will impale you from every angle, and it itself cannot feel pain. It would be akin to fighting a giant toddler […]
Sacred Art in Church History
What comes to mind when you read the phrase ‘sacred art’? Perhaps a stained-glass window, a statue, or a towering cathedral. Most people have seen pictures of, or at least heard of, DaVinci’s Last Supper and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Art can be, and often is, used to glorify God, […]
Finding Joy in Change (In Which We Laugh at Marc Chagall and Ourselves)
Fall – a season of change! The leaves drop, the wind turns cold, and Christmas gifts line the aisles for early-bird shoppers. As I brainstormed possible art pieces for this article, I found that a lot of autumn artwork looks very much the same: orange leaves, sheaves of hay, bare […]
Open Mic: Slava by Emmanuel Koh
About the Artist: My name is Emmanuel Koh, I am 17 years old and I live in Singapore. I created this piece because I feel that the Ukrainian people need a morale boost, because this fight for their land not only affects the land, but also their culture and existence […]