hi, this is alissa. .. i've been reading the articles on postmodernity and enjoying them quite a bit.
in the third section you talked about wabi and sabi and i was stoked. i love the japanese culture and am praying i'll have an opportunity to go to japan soon. one of my old textbooks has an amazing chapter by richard b. pilgrim called 'foundations for a religio-aesthetic tradition in japan.' this is where i first heard of wabi and sabi. it was encouraging to know that i am wabi, created and special for all of my differences and flaws; unfinished, like you said. this essay is chapter eleven in 'art, creativity and the sacred' an anthology in religion and art 1996 edited by diane apostolos-cappadona. so that's reccomended reading. as if you don't get enough of that. learning doesn't stop after school, which is why i'm sitting in on a class my room mate has with needham at mbc in a few minutes. ironic.
later, alissa.
Hey Alissa,
I also sat under Dr David Needham, at MBC. I love that guy, especially when he talks about God and the universe and stars, and he looks up and his eyes start bulging. Does he still do that?
He was the guy that talked about God being in the eternal "NOW", beyond time and space. He was right on, and there are many secular philosophers (Julian Barbour) who are coming around to his way of thinking.
I was in Japan last March and loved it. Lots of young Japanese are throwing parties and those parties are turning into party churches.
Big thing for me about wabi sabi is the integration of wabi (new/fresh) with sabi (old/wise) and how this needs to happen in the churches and in our lives. I am not a big fan of " youth church" when it excludes the older people who need to be imparting wisdom to the young. Church By youth For everyone. Right?
A good Japanese book that I am reading on occasion is "The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox", by Kenji Ekuan
Peace, Andrew
in the third section you talked about wabi and sabi and i was stoked. i love the japanese culture and am praying i'll have an opportunity to go to japan soon. one of my old textbooks has an amazing chapter by richard b. pilgrim called 'foundations for a religio-aesthetic tradition in japan.' this is where i first heard of wabi and sabi. it was encouraging to know that i am wabi, created and special for all of my differences and flaws; unfinished, like you said. this essay is chapter eleven in 'art, creativity and the sacred' an anthology in religion and art 1996 edited by diane apostolos-cappadona. so that's reccomended reading. as if you don't get enough of that. learning doesn't stop after school, which is why i'm sitting in on a class my room mate has with needham at mbc in a few minutes. ironic.
later, alissa.
Hey Alissa,
I also sat under Dr David Needham, at MBC. I love that guy, especially when he talks about God and the universe and stars, and he looks up and his eyes start bulging. Does he still do that?
He was the guy that talked about God being in the eternal "NOW", beyond time and space. He was right on, and there are many secular philosophers (Julian Barbour) who are coming around to his way of thinking.
I was in Japan last March and loved it. Lots of young Japanese are throwing parties and those parties are turning into party churches.
Big thing for me about wabi sabi is the integration of wabi (new/fresh) with sabi (old/wise) and how this needs to happen in the churches and in our lives. I am not a big fan of " youth church" when it excludes the older people who need to be imparting wisdom to the young. Church By youth For everyone. Right?
A good Japanese book that I am reading on occasion is "The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox", by Kenji Ekuan
Peace, Andrew
