Becca Peterson is in her final semester majoring in Media, Culture, and the Arts at The King's College, a Christian liberal arts college. She is originally from Chesapeake, Virginia. She loves hiking mountains, beautiful poetry, watercolor paintings, hot cups of coffee and the Brooklyn Bridge. After she graduates, she will be doing an internship in Manila, the Philippines incorporating art and faith in the fight against injustice.
Instead of mass produced cotton t-shirts from Wal-Mart, this Christmas many folks are supporting local artisans. They want hand hand made knit sweaters and they’d rather pick up organic basil plants at a nearby farmer’s market than packaged herbs at Costco. Over at GOOD, there was a great article discussing the cultural shift in the way products […]
“What I dream of is an art of balance” -Henri Matisse Colossal featured these photographs by Colorado-based artist, Michael Grab. More photos and videos can be found in his portfolio. These structures are made solely from gravity–no adhesives or other types of helpers are used! The precarious-looking arrangements take patience and practice to create. From the artist: […]
It’s been exactly one hundred years since Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 caused an upheaval in the art world because it combined Cubism with movement, resulting in what was later termed Surrealism. Duchamp was inspired by recent photographic developments of the time, and wanted to capture them through painting. There is still […]
The Shadow of God in Poland and the Czech Republic
Gabriela Mistral, a Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, said “beauty…is the shadow of God on the universe.” We found these pictures from our friends over at Colossal. The Polish photographer, Boguslaw Strempel, climbs mountains in Poland and the Czech Republic and captures the moment when the rising sun hits the fog. You can find more […]
As compares to other cultures, Americans are individualistic and egalitarian. This dualistic philosophy is seen in their attitude towards art. Over at GOOD, we saw this article showcasing “great art for cheap” from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design . MCAD defines art as something that can be created and appreciated by everyone, and many Americans […]
Christmas Consumerism Meets Resistance
Every year the Christmas decorations come out earlier and earlier. Countless stories about moms fighting each other for the last special edition barbie doll at Toys-R-Us or teens racing to get the last pair blue jeggings from Old Navy-starting at midnight on Thanksgiving day swirl around. From our friends over at GOOD, we found this […]
When in Fairyland Speak to Whales
Can people communicate with animals? J.R.R. Tolkien discussed in his essay On Fairy Stories, that in “faerie-stories” people often talk to beasts, birds, and trees and it revealed a hidden desire: “In some part (often small) this marvel derives from one of the primal ‘desires’ that lie near the heart of Faerie: the desire of […]
Our friends over at GOOD just posted an article about entrepreneurs and self-employed proffessionals working in communal space. Richard Florida, an American urban studies theorist and author of the 2008 book Who’s Your City, wrote: “economic growth comes from the clustering and concentrating of talented and productive people, what I call the clustering force. New […]
“Time present and time past/Are both perhaps present in time future.” --T.S. Eliot
At the 50th anniversary of the New York Film Festival hosted by the Lincoln Center, the theme is unification in time. The New York Times describes it this way: “As the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, its rich, heady brew of nostalgia and anticipation evokes the opening words of T. S. Eliot’s poem “Burnt Norton”: “Time present […]
Chicago Strike Spreads to Musicians
As mentioned yesterday at the New York Times, the Chicago Teacher’s Strike apparently struck chords in more than just the education sector. Now, Chicago musicians are going on strike as well. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra suddenly refused to play on Saturday at Carnegie Hall, giving just a few hours of notice, protesting low wages and […]
This new documentary attempts to explore what makes people happy–whether they be in African deserts or American suburbs. It has received multiple awards from various film festivals from around the world, and was directed by Roko Belic, whose debut “Genghis Blues” won the Sundance Audience Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. Happy-Official Trailer […]
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