in AAW? ArT AtTacK Weekend 5/30-6/01.

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Thy Wheel Be Done

 

This past Thursday’s service was right on point.  But, one of the things that struck me even before the message began was the introduction of a long-time member of Angelus Temple, Tommy Hollenstein (http://www.tommyhollenstein.com/).

He uses everything he has to praise God including paint, canvas and his wheelchair…see a very recent news report, and check out an approach to art inspired by the Master of creativity:  http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=225279

So, to recap…

Thanks to all who attended our latest Art Attack Weekend =)

Here’s a looooong story short:

Open Mic: short but very sweet.  rap, poetry, music, song, improvised group “floetry”. (heh). cozy, intimate, fun.  Thank you all for attending!

Chalkboard mural: eh. The chalkboard’s maw is wide open, waiting to be fed with some ka-razy artastic creations.  Whoever’s game, leave your mark (but make sure it’s of the kid-friendly variety.)

Creative Cold Cuts: fun!  I made a duck and ate it. (I was hungry.) Others did some fun stuff with bologna, cheese and other edible medium. Then we made up a cake-t0-g0 with custom frosting.

Art in the Park: YaY! Very relaxed with a lil’ painting, a lil’ writing, a lil’ eating and lil’ guitar strummin.  Was a beautiful day and a great ending.  People made new friends, and that’s a good thing…as Martha would say.

I wasn’t able to run around and take my own pics, but hope to rectify that next time.

Til then, folks.

Hip Hop and You Don’t Stop

 

So I was on the bus, watching their television, drooling because that’s what you do when you’re on the bus and staring blankly at the sparkly screen flashing before you on your way to some stop.  Suddenly, a clip flashed of some break dancers and it got me thinking…which is a good alternative to drooling.  The clip compelled me to reflect on the video I’d just watched the day before covering graffiti techniques (I’ve never been into spray art, but the tutorial video “G4: Graffiti Techniques,” may have won me over.)   I thought about how the two different expressions related.

Hip-hop culture has been distilled down to pants, rap and rear-shakin’ dancing.  But, genuine hip-hop heads have expressed that that’s not how it started.  Hip-Hop was not a gimmick or an image, but a lifestyle.

I’d been steadily seeking in my heart the right way to approach the vision that God’s shared with me of a Christ-centered art renaissance and, just then, it dawned on me that that was the response.

Because, worship is not a 9-5 thing.  It’s not something you wear and take-off.  It’s not a song that lifts you up out of a bad moment.  It is the way you look at the world, the way you live in that world.  The way you interact with people, the way you love, the way you hurt, the way you heal.  It is life, and it is that culture that our work will reflect.

 ”so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Eph. 4:17-19 NIV