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Archive for December, 2009

7 Goals

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As 2009 winds down and 2010 begins, I’m reflecting on how where I am now (studying Theology at Oxford while living in C.S. Lewis’ house) is so very different from where I thought I would be 3 years ago (finishing up a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology while writing a dissertation on religious OCD), which is [...]

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C.S. Lewis College & the Arts

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I have just returned from a week-and-a-half’s vacation with my family in India. We went from Delhi to Jaipur to Corbett National Park to Nainital in the foothills of the Himalayas. (Let me just say that the sunsets up there are absolutely gorgeous, and I could happily live as a hermit for a summer in [...]

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Performance Art & the Cruelty of the Artist as “Other”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Right now I’m watching a 2001 student recreation of the 1974 Chris Burden performance art piece “Velvet Water.” What strikes me is the futility and cruelty of such types of performance art. In the piece, the performer attempts to breathe water. Both Burden and this student reenactor – Don Simmons of the Nova Scotia College [...]

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