sand.

Was with Mosaic community on Sunday night - James Bryant showed us this video.



Again... theres something special about the relationship between suffering and art.

Oh - and I've finished exams for the year *sigh of relief*.

nh

anger.

I've been doing a lot of reading regarding the omission of some of the 'darker' psalms being omitted from church liturgy. According to Brueggemann these Psalms would be groped as 'Psalms of Disorientation' and would fit within the genre of the lament.

Some of these would be Psalm 58; 83; 88; 109; 21 - there are plenty more.

I like contextualise things... So similarly I found the controversy surrounding Michael Jackson's song 'They Don't Care About Us' very very interesting on a few levels.

You can read about it here .





there's no real train of thought here just a jumble of thoughts really.

peace.

nh

projections.

watch!

poet.

"The poet is the healer of language. A poet can carefully, gently, with dignity, return the word to its home. The poet can graft, gingerly bind the word back to its rightful place. Amazingly, what was prostituted and left for dead, comes to life, flourishes, grows!"

I found this quote on a blog post. Check out the rest of the post here.

peace.

nh

lennon.

As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.

There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.

If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.

showreel #1.

Thought i'd also abuse my readers by displaying some of my work.

Here are some videos I busted out for the 'ARTillery Youth Arts Festival' put on by my friends at Amnesty International WA

enjoy.





peace.

nh

another.

Just another video that I like.

paint.

I edited this one for the easter weekend at church.



i think there's a radical difference between art and commerce.

art is about creating, communicating, sharing.

it's honest, it's not always what you want to hear but expresses something of the artist's reality.

marketing can be these things too... but the goal isn't art - it's generally capital, product, pop-stars.

peace.

nh

hosanna.

hello.

it's good friday and I don't have much to say. But I really really like this video.



if it doesn't work try this link:
http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/index.php?ct=store.details&pid=V00024

peace.

nh

industry.

watch:



Being an artist type myself, aswell as being extensively involved in worship team has lead me to similar conclusions...

That might make me a heretic.

nh