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T N T
The Native Tourist
reformed/biblical observations on Christianity and culture
who is Dave?
husband of Marjorie father of four member of the OPC lives in Newberg, Oregon librarian watercolorist
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Big Black Frames I just saw this article on painter/sculptor Neil Jenny who makes works about ideas - conceptual in many respects - yet still has a real sense of craft. One of the most interesting aspects of his works are the black frames which he makes himself. In fact he prefers to think of his works as sculture rather than paitings.
They are very reminiscent of the black frames often used to display 17th century Dutch paintings.
(Well they weren't always black...) posted by The Native Tourist at Friday, July 13, 2007 -
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Generational Observation
One of the things they did right as parents was that they gave a lot of positive reinforcement to their kids. What they did wrong is they reinforced everything, any behaviors whatsoever, in the hopes that it would improve the kid's self-esteem, so that the kids would be better off than their parents were. But kids really want limits and structure, something these parents in many cases weren't giving them. They were pretty much letting the kids select their own structure. If the kids were on the computer, well that was just fine with the parents because the kids were in their room quiet and not bothering them when they needed to work in the other room or get dinner ready, if they ate dinner together.
--from interview with Larry Rosen on what he calls the Net Generation
Dutch Art in Portland I I went for another visit to the Rembrandt and Golden Age of Dutch Art at the Portland Art Museum last Friday evening.
One of the objects that caught my eye the first time and still marvelled at was a pair of portait ivories less that five inches high. They are attributed to Rombout Verhulst and are of exquisite detail and workmanship.
Curiously, both featured an unique position with the fingers which is still a mystery to its meaning.
Maybe the artist was thinking of Kuyper's "not one inch..." posted by The Native Tourist at Monday, July 02, 2007 -
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Formed from the Ground I just came across the making of dorodango, a kind of hand-made shiny ball made from mud and dirt popular in Japan.
Well Worth the Read Comment has posted a summary of Richard Mouw's Abraham Kuyper Prize Lecture. Here is an excerpt:
It is Kuyper's sense that God loves manyness that also informs his sphere sovereignty doctrine. A healthy culture, Kuyper insists, will be characterized by many-ness, plurality. God built these patterns of associational diversity into the very fabric of creation. Families, schools, and businesses do not exist by the permission of governments or churchly authorities—Kuyper was equally critical of totalitarian states and politically powerful churches. God has ordained the plurality of spheres, and no human power has the right to inhibit their proper functioning.
Update Went to see the Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art show on Friday. It was really good - much better than I expected. There was a true reprentative sampling of painting and decorative arts from the period (much more than Rembrandt!) which clearly illustrated the wide variety of subjects and individual styles from the period.
I hope to visit the show several more times this summer and post more about it later.
We also stopped at the new Tillamook Forest Center on the way to the coast on Saturday. I really enjoyed the architecture and the arrangement. I only wish we had time to hike on the nearby trails... posted by The Native Tourist at Monday, June 18, 2007 -
Friday, June 15, 2007
Away I have been real busy this week hosting my sister who is visiting from the east coast. So far we have taken her to the Evergreen Art Museum (home of the Spruce Goose), Mount St. Helens, and the International Rose Garden in Portland. Today we hope to see the Rembrandt show at the Portland Art Museum.
You should check out this article on NYC artist Chris Anderson. I have know Chris for more than 20 years and she has tirelessly promoted Christian involvement in the arts in addition to keeping busy with teaching and art-making activities. Much of her work is bearing fruit in the likes of IAMNY. posted by The Native Tourist at Friday, June 15, 2007 -
Monday, June 11, 2007
Throwing Stones From a facinating article in the New York Times about Philip Johnson's (in)famous Glasshouse now open to the public in New Canaan, CT. The article features a wide array of comments from luminaries and neighbors, including this one from the latter:
It was John Cage music and Merce Cunningham’s dancers — beautiful dancers. Cage’s music had something to do with doors slamming and whistles going off. Then great balloons — some big and black, some small and red and yellow. It was very strange. I thought to myself: “Here we are in 1967, standing next to a glass house listening to doors slam and whistles going off. This is out of this world.” It was so out of context for suburbia in the 60s.
