The year was 1972. I was living in a house on top of a hill in Mandeville Canyon, L.A., playing the albums of my coming of age in a perpetual loop. There were other people who lived in the house but my memories are of being alone a lot while my mom was out onContinue reading “Kathy, I’m Lost”
Category Archives: Art as a Window to the Divine
The Director of Monsters, Inc. & Up on Faith
“If I start on a film and right away know the structure—where it’s going, the plot—I don’t trust it. I feel like the only reason we’re able to find some of these unique ideas, characters, and story twists is through discovery. And, by definition, ‘discovery’ means you don’t know the answer when you start. ThisContinue reading “The Director of Monsters, Inc. & Up on Faith”
A Battle Waged with Art and Faith
The Hill of Crosses, Kryziu Kalnas, in the city of Siauliai, Lithuania stands on a small hill, about 10 meters tall. The tradition of leaving crosses began after an uprising of the Polish and Lithuanians against the Russian tsar was squelched in 1831. Relatives of the dead rebels, with no bodies to bury, instead leftContinue reading “A Battle Waged with Art and Faith”
On This We Can Agree
“By far the best way I know to engage the religious sensibility, the sense of awe, is to look up on a clear night. I believe that it is very difficult to know who we are until we understand where and when we are. I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense ofContinue reading “On This We Can Agree”
Into The Deep
When I used to teach Junior Great Books to middle school kids I would train them not to answer a question too quickly. Put your hand down. Sit with it. You can’t possibly have something thoughtful to say that quickly. Wait a minute. Wait 30 seconds. See if something beyond your first impulse rises toContinue reading “Into The Deep”
Heather Choate Davis 