I don’t know who designed this poster, but I’m a fan. This plain-white-text over photograph look really works for me. It reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are with a dash of Keep Calm and Carry On.
Good work, as-yet-to-be-named Columbia Pictures designer!
This from Jerry Bridges:
For it is only against the dark backdrop of our sinfulness that we can see the glory of the cross shining forth in all its brilliance and splendor.
Praying today that God would let me see the chiaroscuro cross.
The Repentant Magdalene, by Georges De La Tour, has been one of my favorite paintings since college. And I just found out, while writing this post, that it’s at the National Gallery, just 15 minutes from me! Ack! I’ll be making a little trip there very soon.
Anyway, look at how much is going on in this painting. The obscured flame, the mirror, the intensely contemplative composition, the use of “white” space (which in this case happens to be black). That’s not even to mention the Magdalene’s hand is resting on a skull (mortality, the wages of sin) that obscures the fixed object of her attention, the light (of the World). Note that her dark shoulder is exposed, while she turns into the light with a modestly covered shoulder. And the light! Look at that light!
Love. National Gallery, here I come.
I can’t tell you a lot about this type face (except that I love it), because the download page is in Italian.
This is Ophelia, by Cot. She is creepy as heck. But I really love the light on this.
Hahahahahahahahahaha…
This painting has cracked me up for years. Look at the dog. Then at the young men. Exact. Same. Expression.
Love it.
The Liberated Imagination, by Ryken, warrants close study. Originally recommended to me by Connie Z., whose review is one of two on Amazon, I was flipping through this again last night, and was encouraged and provoked by it. If I were going to get together with other Christians to talk about art and God, I think I’d want to start here. (If anyone has recommendations for other good books on the topic, I’d love those, too!)
A way to keep on squinting at a screen and compulsively checking your email, even when with friends or outside on a beautiful day.
No thanks.
Just added New Construction, by Kevin H, to my Google Reader. It’s somewhat like this blog; a holding place for information that’s not trying to be anything world changing. But the information it’s holding is “cartooning practices and concerns,” which is close to my heart.
I was up on the roof with my beautiful wife and some good friends last night, talking big picture stuff. They asked what I’m passionate about. I was surprised how easily the answer came to my lips. I said, if I could do anything, I’d…
Now it’s just a matter of figuring out how to make that happen.
