Recall from Part 2 that Escher reveals himself though his art. From 1920 to 1927 we find at least 11 Escher prints with Biblical themes. Nine prints depict themes from the book of Genesis. A tenth print is entitled the Scapegoat. Escher made the Scapegoat print for a booklet written […]
In a letter to his son Arthur, Escher wrote: “I want to tell you about a ‘brother’ with whom I have made acquaintance.” The ‘brother’ is Bruno Ernst, the man who wrote the book: The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher. Apparently they belonged to the same religious order. Escher […]
We have looked at four of Dr. John Medina’s Brain Rules. Vision. Vision is our dominant sense. “We learn and remember best through the use of pictures, not through written or spoken words.” Attention. As I heard Spielberg state: “You’ve got to hook them in the first ten minutes.” In […]
From 1997 to 2003 I worked a series of M&M television commercials. I was fortunate to work with a broad range of celebrities. The most humble celebrity I worked with was Patrick Warburton. Patrick didn’t have an entourage. He didn’t disappear into his trailer between scenes. He hung out with […]
We were east of Los Angeles, in the middle of nowhere, shooting a Frosted Mini-Wheats commercial. The star was an animated mini-Wheat character who had a dual personality, Sweets and Wheats. Sweets corresponded to the frosted side of the mini-Wheat cereal and Wheats corresponded to the unfrosted side of the […]
On May 3, 2001 I was on the set of the film Minority Report. My friend Jim, and I, briefly discussed a special effect sequence with Steven Spielberg who was directing the film. As the crew prepared to film the scene we moved off set. Jim and I stood close […]
Dr. John Medina is a molecular biologist. In his book Brain Rules, he states: “If you think the brain has to devote to vision a lot of its precious thinking resources, you are right on the money. It takes up about half of everything you do in fact.” That is […]
The Fine Art Book: Surreal Christianity—A Journey with Jesus, Jung, and Dali is ready. This is a very unique Christian Art book. Surreal Christianity explores techniques found in Surrealistic art and goes on to show how Christians can use those techniques to approach Scripture in new ways. Ways which enable […]
To kick off the new year of our regular ministry schedule, our church held a Ministry Fair. This was new for us, and it worked extremely well. In essence, we held a miniature Ministry Conference. All of the ministries in our church, Sunday School, Youth, Adult Discipleship, Christian Mandalas, Quilting, […]
I am all out of the free of the Christian Mandalas Study Book samples. Sorry. The books are typically under $12 and can be found on Amazon.com at the following link: Small Group Curriculum
