Hope in the Wasteland
There is a tendency in many pop culture stories to mistake complexity for
sophistication. The more plot twists and turns, the better; the more tangled the
narrative, the more likely we are to
You are Sitting in the Kitchen, Only a Witness
On the table, the man cleans a gun.
A boy aside—pajamas and a ragged rabbit,
stuffed and sewn button eyes.
The boy begins to cry, though he can’t name
a reason
Remembering, Divisions, and Dust
Fenced by rusty Victorian iron-work, the bluestone buildings and deciduous trees
of the Melbourne General Cemetery are well-kept relics of nineteenth-century
Melbourne. The grieving and the curious enter through stately gates. Smooth
paths
FROM HOSTILITY TO HOSPITALITY
This article is part of the publishing partnership between The Curator
[http://www.curatormagazine.com/] and Christians in the Visual Arts
[http://civa.org/]. It originally appeared in SEEN Journal
[http://civa.org/
Holy Rock and Rollers
Editor’s Note: This paper was originally presented as part of Calvin College’s
Festival of Faith and Music [http://calvin.edu/go/ffm]. This biennial conference
brings together musicians, critics, journalists, artists,