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Realists of a Larger Reality

November 19, 2014

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” – Ursala K. LeGuin

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Ozeki’s “Tale” Entangles Readers

October 24, 2013

First sixteen pages
Seventeen footnotes ask, “Is
She making this up?”

A Tale for the Time Being

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Tagged With: GoBigRead Japan
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St. Patrick by Hamish Burgess

The Breastplate of St. Patrick

March 17, 2013

I bind unto myself the power /
Of the great love of the cherubim; /
The sweet ‘well done’ in judgment hour, /
The service of the seraphim, /
Confessors’ faith, Apostles’ word, /
The Patriarchs’ prayers, the Prophets’ scrolls, /
All good deeds done unto the Lord, /
And purity of virgin souls.

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Shelved with: Visions & Ventures|| Word in Season|| Literature|| Word in Worship|| Reading the Word|| Visual Arts
Tagged With: celtic, prayer, St. Patrick, arts, Holidays
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By Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (Falcon 4 Uploaded by Magnus Manske) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Creation Groans

January 1, 2013

Turning & turning – and do we now see /
Mere anarchy at last upon the world?

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| Word in Season|| Literature|| Visions & Ventures|| Reading the Word
Tagged With: Holidays, Poetry, New Year's Day
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Rodin, "The Gates of Hell"

Rodin’s Thinking Poet

November 13, 2012

For Rodin the sculptor, every aspect of action, character, and spirit that he wanted to convey had to be embodied in the physical form of his works. It’s a reminder to us that we, too, are bodily works.

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Tagged With: models, sculpture, arts, embodiment
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Terrible Goodness

September 15, 2012

Nature’s so terribly good. Don’t you think so, Mr. Stanhope?”

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Literature|| Visions & Ventures|| The Book of Nature
Tagged With: CSL Ten Books, Fear
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This Bloomsday, Ulysses is Free – Yes!

June 16, 2012

Got your Guinness? Then here’s Marcella Riordan as Molly Bloom (from the highly recommended Naxos audiobook), in a final affirmation of love & life.

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Tagged With: Reading Aloud, Holidays
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On the Discipline of Seeing

November 12, 2011

Pastor David E. Carlson at Fresh Read tells what painting has taught him about studying the Word.

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Tagged With: watercolor, close reading, arts, Bible
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Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!

July 27, 2010

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance, July 27th, 1940, was nominated for an academy award.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| Visions & Ventures|| Hearts & Minds|| Visual Arts
Tagged With: Television, Psychology, Holidays, History, Culture, Cognitive Surplus, Bugs Bunny
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The Play’s the Thing

May 7, 2010

That we can watch such things for free over the internet via PBS is something for which I am immensely grateful. That this is just one more story we share as a family – that’s priceless.

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Tagged With: web, Stories, Shakespeare, film
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The Infinite Book: The Plastic Logic Reader (and the Real Nature of Books)

December 28, 2008

A book is essentially whole, unitary — a little world of human thought, word, & spirit, chosen, shaped, and bound within its covers. Books are bundles; a book is what is bound together. For what makes a book more than it’s binding?

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Shelved with: Science & Technology|| The Reading Life|| Visual Arts
Tagged With: Andy McCourt, Print Culture, POD, Plastic Logic Reader, Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges, Espresso Book Machine, e-readers, Digital Literacy, Books, Book Publishing, Book Arts, Richard Archuleta, Andrew Golis
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Joy to the World (Bruce Cockburn)

December 22, 2008

Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o

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Tagged With: Video, Music, Holidays, Guitar, Christmas, Bruce Cockburn
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