Paradigm shifts in Science, Art and Easter
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Paradigm shifts in Science, Art and Easter

One consequence of a paradigm shift in science is that whole fields are revisited and need to be re-understood. This can be true both for the fields at the centre of the paradigm shift but also for other related disciplines.

Confronting a colossus
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Confronting a colossus

I was familiar with Dali, pioneer of Surrealism with its melting clocks and other incongruities. I could picture his stylized mustache. I vaguely recalled some offensive publicity stunts.

His story from here
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His story from here

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes.” –Martin Luther.

Reflections from an artist on #Ferguson
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Reflections from an artist on #Ferguson

So I pull out the paints, one by one and they’re like baptismals. I dip my brush into each colour: the lemon yellow, the sepia brown, ivory black, titanium white, cobalt blue and burnt umber. I like how that sounds – “burnt umber.” It rumbles, almost.

Knowing God through The Potato Eaters
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Knowing God through The Potato Eaters

When friends of mine go to the Netherlands I tell them they have to experience three things. They have to order a loempia (Indonesian meat and vegetable roll) and eat it outdoors at a market; they must ride a bike through the dunes, and they must spend hours at the Van Gogh Museum drinking in his view of the world. Of the three, Van Gogh is the most important. And I’ve been reintroduced to his brilliance recently because I have been reading Henri Nouwen.