http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2010 Cardus Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:48:23 -0400 Cardus Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:48:23 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1509 Digital Collage Painting 20" x 16" 2010 This idyllic storybook scene came into being through the slow build up and blending of almost 50 unique photographs and layers in Photoshop. I was again enjoying my annual read of Amy Carmichael's Gold by Moonlight when I was asked to submit something for 1000 Words and my mind was relishing and feeding on the imagery of her chapter on The Dark Wood. Madeleine... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Digital Collage Painting 20" x 16" 2010 This idyllic storybook scene came into being through the slow build up and blending of almost 50 unique photographs and layers in Photoshop. I was again enjoying my annual read of Amy Carmichael's Gold by Moonlight when I was asked to submit something for 1000 Words and my mind was relishing and feeding on the imagery of her chapter on The Dark Wood. Madeleine... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1607 Management is less a science about objects than an art about people. It involves fostering human flourishing, and it starts with empathy. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Management is less a science about objects than an art about people. It involves fostering human flourishing, and it starts with empathy. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1608 Urban regeneration requires a number of passionate, connected actors to be effective. Two that play key roles are local governments and private investors. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Urban regeneration requires a number of passionate, connected actors to be effective. Two that play key roles are local governments and private investors. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1609 In addition to being a source of delicious veg and a fine substitute for the gym, gardens are a source of wisdom. Patience, persistence, forgiveness, reflection, discipline—all can be learned with soil in one's hands. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 In addition to being a source of delicious veg and a fine substitute for the gym, gardens are a source of wisdom. Patience, persistence, forgiveness, reflection, discipline—all can be learned with soil in one's hands. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1507 Modular Diptych: "LIKE LIVING STONES", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21" "AS A PILLAR", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21 Stone; religious construction's first material—used to build Abraham's altar of living stones as the spiritual house of God. Like Living Stones (diptych) attends to the echoing typologies and shared structures between old and new testaments. From Jacob's... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Modular Diptych: "LIKE LIVING STONES", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21" "AS A PILLAR", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21 Stone; religious construction's first material—used to build Abraham's altar of living stones as the spiritual house of God. Like Living Stones (diptych) attends to the echoing typologies and shared structures between old and new testaments. From Jacob's... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1567 Equivocation, set in 1606 London, shortly after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, suggests that history is a version of truth told by the winners. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Equivocation, set in 1606 London, shortly after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, suggests that history is a version of truth told by the winners. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1568 Our technology can make us more vulnerable in natural disasters, but it can also make us safer, as we develop new methods of prediction and better defenses. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Our technology can make us more vulnerable in natural disasters, but it can also make us safer, as we develop new methods of prediction and better defenses. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1569 Social justice initiatives can actually treat people as less-than-full human beings—which is, in a word, unjust. Thinking and speaking differently can change our effectiveness in helping people in need. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Social justice initiatives can actually treat people as less-than-full human beings—which is, in a word, unjust. Thinking and speaking differently can change our effectiveness in helping people in need. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1573 2010 Comment Manifesto Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 2010 Comment Manifesto http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1492 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1523 With so much potential for creation of "social good," much of the industry seems to be seriously underperforming. Many leaders both within and outside of the profession suggest a moral crisis fed by years of misguided economic theory. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 With so much potential for creation of "social good," much of the industry seems to be seriously underperforming. Many leaders both within and outside of the profession suggest a moral crisis fed by years of misguided economic theory. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1522 I forget the number of times I've read and heard people—from adolescent misfits to suburban housewives to Reformed pastors—describe listening to Sigur Rós as a religious experience or as worshipful. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 I forget the number of times I've read and heard people—from adolescent misfits to suburban housewives to Reformed pastors—describe listening to Sigur Rós as a religious experience or as worshipful. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1524 Today's political parties are so malleable, it might actually make little difference with whom Christians choose to align themselves. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Today's political parties are so malleable, it might actually make little difference with whom Christians choose to align themselves. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1525 I saw a particular kind of delight on the face of Tessa Virtue before Monday night's ice dancing final at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was the joy of mastery. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 I saw a particular kind of delight on the face of Tessa Virtue before Monday night's ice dancing final at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was the joy of mastery. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1279 Digital Print16" x 11"2009 Digital collage allows me to imagine and realize the construction of surreal spaces. One place breaks open and another kind of space breaks in. Domestic spaces bleed into overgrown industrial places as nature begins to take over. Natural beauty, human constructions, refuse and decay are combined and transformed in order to envision and make possible whole new spaces. These... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Digital Print16" x 11"2009 Digital collage allows me to imagine and realize the construction of surreal spaces. One place breaks open and another kind of space breaks in. Domestic spaces bleed into overgrown industrial places as nature begins to take over. Natural beauty, human constructions, refuse and decay are combined and transformed in order to envision and make possible whole new spaces. These... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1514 "Home" is tragically precarious and fragile, and is not easily sustained. Recent albums, books and films all share the same line of questioning: where is it? Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 "Home" is tragically precarious and fragile, and is not easily sustained. Recent albums, books and films all share the same line of questioning: where is it? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1515 There was grace in my mother's promotion, for she had learned to breathe meaning and significance well before her last breath. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 There was grace in my mother's promotion, for she had learned to breathe meaning and significance well before her last breath. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1516 Comfort is a bowl away. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Comfort is a bowl away. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1306 Cold patina, low fire stoneware8' x 2' x 2' Death fails to accomplish what anyone would consider as the climax to something as grand as life. I feel strongly about the inadequacies of the evolution theory to answer my deepest longings and questions. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Cold patina, low fire stoneware8' x 2' x 2' Death fails to accomplish what anyone would consider as the climax to something as grand as life. I feel strongly about the inadequacies of the evolution theory to answer my deepest longings and questions. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1502 We at Comment asked some of our regular contributors to respond to Brian Janaszek's January 29 salvo on open source software and conviviality. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 We at Comment asked some of our regular contributors to respond to Brian Janaszek's January 29 salvo on open source software and conviviality.