Studying the Original
I recently saw the documentary “Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock” about Teri Horton, a woman who may have purchased a Jackson Pollock painting at a thrift store for $5. It was a fascinating...
Category: Arts
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Faith and Art Edition!
This has been a big week for the arts! I know, sometimes it’s too easy to mock really bad art, yet so deliciously fun!! Speaking (as Holly did) of religious/sexual imagery, check out some...
One year later: new Mormon crew, same old fear.
April 7, 2009: “Gathering Storm” (if you’ve seen it, pls skip to the second vid) April 5, 2010: “One Way Out: An Invitation to America” Released almost exactly one year apart and produced by...
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Creation Edition!
It has been a big week for the arts!! First of all, check out Tom Clark‘s gorgeous book of photographs: The Utah Collection. (It’s a little bit NSFW, otherwise I’d post a picture of...
“Up in the Air” rocks, but winning “X-Mormon of the Year” rules.
Walter Kirn explains why the William Law X-Mormon of the Year award means more to him than anything Hollywood has to offer:
The Nature of Ritual
I heard this story this morning- about an exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York: An exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York looks at some of the many ways people are...
Not Adam and Steve
Check out this YouTube clip: Random thoughts after an initial look at this ad: 1) Weren’t Adam and Eve supposed to be nekkid in Eden? 2) Jesus did not approve this message. 3) It...
8: The Mormon Proposition (Pre-Sundance Update)
This past May, I caught up with documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan, who didnt shy away from answering some pointed (and personal) questions about 8: The Mormon Proposition. As the first NYU grad in my...
Calling all ex-mormons: the Great Mormon Novel?
So, I’ve been reading a series of articles about the possibility of the Great Mormon Novel (the great fantasy of all Mormons since Chaim Potok came to the Jewish scene or since we all...
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