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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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Editorial: On Art and Art-Making
It almost qualifies as a genre of its own, writers writing about writing. Just about any author you can name has had a go.
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On Art and Art-Making
December 2023 Edtn
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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Email to a Young Artist
John Dennison
My life as an artist (a bit like you with your painting, I began writing poetry in my late teens) has been marked by an ongoing conversation with myself and others about art: what it is, what I think I’m doing, and what we should be aiming for (authenticity? the recognition of others? social transformation? just making something beautiful?).
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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There is a Remembering [On Believing]
Mary Spacapan
The birds sing, and I rise to join the chorus. All of creation has gathered to welcome the sun. I sit within the moment; tau.
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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What Does Art Do?
Adrienne Chaplin
Adrienne Dengerink-Chaplin is a philosopher, teacher, and writer who has spent much of her career thinking well about what art is and how it conveys meaning, and what this means for the artist’s vocation and the communities they serve.
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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Dance, and the Ageing Body's Gift
Rachel Kitchens
God cares so much about the matter and “stuff” of creation that he sends his Son to be for us a real human. This redeems the very matter that I think is broken or weak or unimportant or, at the worst, a distraction that needs to be upended and ignored. How God views us—creatures made from dust and the breath of life—changes everything. It should really change how I view myself.
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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Field Notes: Eddie Bijl & Ripeka Templeton Bijl
Andrew Shamy
I think one of the things that definitely shapes the whole experience and process that I want to take people on as a director is that through the work, I want be a living witness to Jesus in the work that we do, and to make sure that for everybody in that experience, that all their mana is recognised, that they are uplifted, and that they find it a really positive experience.
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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On the Canvas
Mark Edgecombe
It has been some time since I last attended an art auction—in fact, since the only time I attended an art auction.
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Common GroundDecember 2023 Edtn
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YAHYAH: An Interview
Jannah Dennison
New Zealand-born singer/songwriter Holly Cameron, aka YAHYAH, returned to New Zealand in 2021 after a long period living and working in London and then Los Angeles. She describes her musical influences as broad, ranging from RnB to jazz, pop to dance music, and her own electronic pop style has been appealing to growing audiences across Aotearoa, New Zealand and beyond.
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