July 2010
1 post
Artist Gathering 2010, France
Every year we invite artists of all background to join us at our place in France for a time of conversation, work, prayer, inspiration, food, wine, and fun. I’m always amazed at how little it takes to refresh, encourage, and inspire each other. Too often we reflect only what is thrown at us. We reflect it on others through our art and our lives. That is, of course, part of the work of an...
April 2010
1 post
Kenya - Theater Workshop (part 1)
Touched down in Nairobi early on a Thursday morning after a 9 hour flight. The theater and karate workshops would start that afternoon in Kayole - one of the nicer slums. I was there with my good buddy Mike Klumpp. The Karate programs in Nairobi and in Lemoru (the Rift Valley) were started about 5 years ago and a quick introduction to theater was added about 2.5 years ago before the civil rest...
March 2010
10 posts
Stripping for Jihad
I’ve heard people complain that missionaries have had negative influences on the cultures they have worked in. Why aren’t those same concerns voiced over the negative influence from MTV, Madonna, Oprah, and a thousand other pushers of the culture of self, sex, and ‘anything goes’? As I’ve traveled the world I’ve heard people speak of how helpless and angry they...
Kenya on my mind
DrGeez just got back from Kenya. I was hoping to keep you abreast of the trip and the projects that Mike Klumpp and I are doing there, but it was difficult without an internet connection. For those of you who have iphones with 3G connectivity you may think the Dr is living in the stone age. Well, the reality is that DrGeez is a poor artist who spends what little money he has trying to help those...
FYV project Kenya
Dr Geez is off to Kenya with Mike Klumpp. We are developing an arts project there to help the young people in Kenya discover their voices of influence. Find Your Voice Kenya isn’t about bringing western culture ideas to Kenya, rather it is helping them to discover their talents and the ideas THEY want to communicate. To find more information on FYV Kenya go to www.watershedarts.com There...
Stripping for Jihad
I’ve heard people complain that missionaries have had negative influences on the cultures they have worked in. Why aren’t those same concerns voiced over the negative influence from MTV, Madonna, Oprah, and a thousand other pushers of the culture self, sex, and ‘anything goes’? As I’ve traveled the world I’ve people speak of how helpless and angry they feel...
Stripping for Jihad
I’ve heard people complain that missionaries have had negative influences on the cultures they have worked in. Why aren’t those same concerns voiced over the negative influence from MTV, Madonna, Oprah, and a thousand other pushers of the culture self, sex, and ‘anything goes’? As I’ve traveled the world I’ve people speak of how helpless and angry they feel...
The Geezer - Best Film
Following the traditions the Oscars the Dr has decided to do his own awards for films of great cinematic and artistic achievement. The current winner of the Geezer for best film goes to … ‘Ladri di Biciclette’ (the Bicycle Thief) - 1948/1949. If you’ve not seen this amazing piece of cinematic story-telling by director Vittorio De Sica, don’t just rush out and get it....
Frankenstein's M-art-ster
Why does contemporary-modern art have to be so boring and stupid? I was recently at an art gallery with new works and a performance. The performance consisted of two people rolling around the floor. ‘Blink, blink’. I’m a performer. I know what they did. For fifteen minutes they did nothing but a warm-up, movement exercise. I do it all the time with students in a workshop, but I...
The Geezer - Best Film
Following the traditions the Oscars the Dr has decided to do his own awards for films of great cinematic and artistic achievement. The current winner of the Geezer for best film goes to … ‘Ladri di Biciclette’ (the Bicycle Thief) - 1948/1949. If you’ve not seen this amazing piece of cinematic story-telling by director Vittorio De Sica, don’t just rush out and get it....
Frankenstein's M-art-ster
Why does contemporary-modern art have to be so boring and stupid? I was recently at an art gallery with new works and a performance. The performance consisted of two people rolling around the floor. ‘Blink, blink’. I’m a performer. I know what they did. For fifteen minutes they did nothing but a warm-up, movement exercise. I do it all the time with students in a workshop, but I...
Frankenstein's M-art-ster
Why does contemporary-modern art have to be so boring and stupid? I was recently at an art gallery with new works and a performance. The performance consisted of two people rolling around the floor. ‘Blink, blink’. I’m a performer. I know what they did. For fifteen minutes they did nothing but a warm-up, movement exercise. I do it all the time with students in a workshop, but I...
February 2010
17 posts
And the Stinker is ...
I’ve just seen the 5 finalists in the Berlinale short film festival from the category known as the Talent Campus. These were all very well produced shorts. Big budgets and big crews. And for the most part they were interesting, artistic, and stunning - both in sound and imagery. I’ll go into more detail about the good ones in another post, but at this point I’ll focus on the...
The Dance: Knowing God in the Mystery
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Road to zion (itunes link)
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The Dance: Knowing God in the Mystery
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This issues music selections by Kingez:
Open doors and Skys by Xan/KingEz
Road to zion (itunes link)
St. Bruno Podcast hosted by KingEz
The Dance: Knowing God in the Mystery
From StBrunopodcast.com
Subscribe to this Podcast on itunes
This issues music selections by Kingez:
Open doors and Skys by Xan/KingEz
Road to zion (itunes link)
St. Bruno Podcast hosted by KingEz
The Dance: Knowing God in the Mystery
From StBrunopodcast.com
Subscribe to this Podcast on itunes
This issues music selections by Kingez:
Open doors and Skys by Xan/KingEz
Road to zion (itunes link)
St. Bruno Podcast hosted by KingEz
And the Stinker is ...
I’ve just seen the 5 finalists in the Berlinale short film festival from the category known as the Talent Campus. These were all very well produced shorts. Big budgets and big crews. And for the most part they were interesting, artistic, and stunning - both in sound and imagery. I’ll go into more detail about the good ones in another post, but at this point I’ll focus on the...
Secret Life of Sound 1
The workshop on sound design for film at the Berlinale this year was one of my favorites. Find a scene in a movie where there is no dialogue, then turn off the sound and watch. Sound design is crucial. One of the things I loved about the advice from director Peter Strickland is to remember that sound is more than music or footsteps. Sound design is the layering of … sounds. It was...
The Dr's in
Alright, as we get set to head off into uncharted territory I’ll begin with some articles on creating, on the arts, on ideas from the moon, and then see where we go from there.
If you’re new to DrGeez web-space, so am I – and I’m the Dr. So welcome, welcome one and all.
I’ll be dealing with art, God, creative inspiration, spiritual vs. religious, thoughts on life lived passionately and...
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Alright, as we get set to head off into uncharted territory I’ll begin with some articles on creating, on the arts, on ideas from the moon, and then see where we go from there.
If you’re new to DrGeez web-space, so am I – and I’m the Dr. So welcome, welcome one and all.
I’ll be dealing with art, God, creative inspiration, spiritual vs. religious, thoughts on life lived passionately and...
The Dr's in
Alright, as we get set to head off into uncharted territory I’ll begin with some articles on creating, on the arts, on ideas from the moon, and then see where we go from there.
If you’re new to DrGeez web-space, so am I – and I’m the Dr. So welcome, welcome one and all.
I’ll be dealing with art, God, creative inspiration, spiritual vs. religious, thoughts on life lived passionately and...
Quoting Pascal
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me...
The Dr's in
Alright, as we get set to head off into uncharted territory I’ll begin with some articles on creating, on the arts, on ideas from the moon, and then see where we go from there.
If you’re new to DrGeez web-space, so am I – and I’m the Dr. So welcome, welcome one and all.
I’ll be dealing with art, God, creative inspiration, spiritual vs. religious, thoughts on life lived passionately and...
Quoting Pascal
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me...
Quoting Pascal
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me...
The Dr's in
Alright, as we get set to head off into uncharted territory I’ll begin with some articles on creating, on the arts, on ideas from the moon, and then see where we go from there.
If you’re new to DrGeez web-space, so am I – and I’m the Dr. So welcome, welcome one and all.
I’ll be dealing with art, God, creative inspiration, spiritual vs. religious, thoughts on life lived passionately and...
Quoting Pascal
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me...