The Van Gogh Exhibit here in Denver ends on the 20th. As a “goodbye Vincent,” I’d like to offer this lesson from his life: Peculiarity and eccentricity may hurt the [...]
A “Born Again” Experience of a Different Sort
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Ugly is Beautiful
December 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
I graduated from a seminary in Richmond, VA some years ago. The current campus was built in 1896, and I readily recall the architecture, a strange blend of gothic and [...]
Lunch With A Philosopher
December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fifteen years have now passed since I sat down with the depressive, self-described genius, at a cafe in the Philadelphia outskirts of Chestnut Hill. He was a short man with [...]
Art as Commodity
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, author Lewis Hyde argues that art is better suited to gift cultures rather than free market communities. The reason? [...]