Tag: culture

• “All of us are engaged daily with works of art, even if we are neither professionals nor amateur artists. We read books, we listen to music, we look at posters, we admire flower arrangements. Art, as I am using the word, does not include just “high art”, that is, painting, sculpture, poetry, classical music, but also the more popular expressions – the novel, the theatre, the cinema, popular music and rock. In fact, there is a very real sense in which the Christian life itself should be our greatest work of art. Even for the great artist, the most crucial work of art is his life.”

  –Art and the Bible, Francis Schaeffer, 49.

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  June 6, 2018

  literature, nonfiction, quote

  art, Christianity, cinema, classical music, culture, film, francis schaeffer, high art, inspiration, life, life as art, literature, music, poetry, sculpture, society, writing

• [posting][review] Top Five Intellectual Anime Shows

  

  One of the common misconceptions about anime is that it is a strange and goofy genre designed for middle school students, but while that is true about quite a few that have had massive impact in Western culture (I’m looking at you, One Piece and Naruto), quite a few anime have been created specifically for […]

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  May 26, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction, review, thought piece

  AI, animation, anime, art, critique, culture, ergo proxy, ethics, history, ideologies, intellectual, japanese culture, japanese history, narratives, philosophy, psycho-pass, psychology, robotics, samurai champloo, sayonara zetsubo sensei, sci-fi, scifi, social issues, society, steins;gate, technology, time travel

• [review] Ghost in the Shell (2017)

  

  Ghost in the Shell (2017) surprised me. It isn’t perfect, but it ended up being way better than I thought it would be. A lot of “hard-core” GitS fans were disappointed apparently, but, considering the quality of other film adaptations of anime, they were being unduly harsh.

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  May 10, 2018

  literary critique, literature, review, thought piece, Uncategorized, video

  adaptations, anime, asia, asian culture, claims, culture, film, ghost in the shell, hollywood, ideas, japanese culture, literature, opinion, scarlett johansson, video, whitewashing, writing

• All life is dangerous. We forget that,we who have been reared in one of the small pockets of civilization. For that is all that civilization really is, Easterbrook. Small pockets of men here and there  who have gathered together for mutual protection and  who thereby are able to outwit and control Nature. They have beaten the jungle – but that victory is only temporary. At any moment, the jungle will once more take command. Proud cities that were, are now mere mounds of earth, overgrown with rank vegetation, and the poor hovels of men who just manage to keep alive, no more. Life is always dangerous – never forget that. in the end, perhaps, not only great natural forces, but the work of our own hands may destroy it. We are very near to that happening at this moment…”

  -Christie, The Pale Horse, 182.

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  April 30, 2018

  literature, quote

  agathe christie, civilization, culture, jungle, nature

• [YT] Same Parents (Enigma)

  A great song which reminds us why we should first pursue what binds us all together before dwelling on what makes us different from each other.

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  March 26, 2018

  music, video

  culture, enigma, family, history, inspiration, music, relationships, society, togetherness, video

• “Our desiring model – our romantic theology – has emphasized that we are creatures who love first and foremost. The most basic way that we intend the world is on the affective order of love. This love constitutes our fundamental and governing orientation to the world. As such, our love is always ultimately aimed at a telos, a picture of the good life that pulls us toward it, thus shaping our actions and behavior. This orientation is something that comes before thinking; thus we’ve described it as precognitive. It is more at work at the level of the adaptive unconsciousness or the “social imaginary”. Our love is aimed from the fulcrum of our desire – the habits that constitute our character, or core identity. And the way our love or desire gets aimed in specific directions is through practices that shape, mold, and direct our love.”

  -James K. A. Smith, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, 80.

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  March 24, 2018

  nonfiction, quote

  Christianity, cultural formation, culture, desire, ideas, love, prayer, relationships, social imaginary, society, worldview, worship

• [YT] Kingdom of Heaven Original Soundtrack: Disc 4 (Miscellaneous Artists)

  This film is a beautiful masterpiece, under-appreciated due to the unfortunate theatrical release. The Director’s Cut of Kingdom of Heaven is a tour de force. The music, like the film, was obviously a source of conflict as various other pieces were inserted by Ridley Scott in replacement of Harry Gregson-William’s work. Although I love Harry […]

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  March 24, 2018

  music, video

  classical, classical music, culture, film, folk music, harry gregson-williams, history, kingdom of heaven, music, ost, soundtrack, video

• [YT] Francis Schaeffer – How Should We Then Live: The Revolutionary Age

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  March 13, 2018

  nonfiction, video

  art, christian cultural theory, Christianity, culture, european history, francis schaeffer, history, revolution

• [literary] The Uncanny Landscape

  

  The Uncanny Landscape In what ways do our environments reflect and link to ourselves and our health – and vice versa? In what ways is selfhood mirrored and submerged within our various internal and external landscapes? Stemming from revelations, how does the uncanny operate as a space for questioning and negotiation?

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  March 12, 2018

  literary critique, nonfiction, thought piece

  british literature, culture, freud, ideas, literature, nature, opinion, uncanny

• On the Scales

  

  When I was young, I was tall and big for my age. I was called “fat” long before I actually became fat. As I grew up and solidified my priorities toward the area of academics, I frankly lost the ability to care in the face of what I really wanted to do. After twenty years, […]

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  March 15, 2017

  thought piece

  awareness, culture, diets, eating, food, objectification, overweight, self-image, standards