Each of us is on some sort of search for the truth, however passive or however deeply submerged beneath the layers of things like activity, pretense, prejudice and denial. Despite our inherent preference for patterns and habits and stasis, we ultimately encounter greater truth in those unanticipated, vulnerable moments scattered throughout life and it throws a wrench in the works of our world view. This column is meant to examine the reasons we fail or succeed at finding the truth when we need it. And this first installment considers the often frightening pace at which the world seems to be changing.
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May 19, 2010, at 12:53 pm — Blogs — change / family / internet / technology / terrorism / THEME: The Good Old Days
May 18, 2010, at 6:03 pm — Arts and Culture | Music — Art / Audio / coldplay / folk / moderation / Music / production / simple
I was having a conversation with my brother the other day about a new record that came out, and it lead to me discovering a problem I’m continually having with albums released in the last couple years. The issue is, for lack of better terminology, too much stuff! May 12, 2010, at 6:00 pm — Blogs | Comics — Art / Comics / Congo and Steve / humor / Theme: Art and culture
Fashion is an art form. Photography is an art form. Architecture is an art form. How our society is feeling during a given time period and how we feel about certain issues is reflected in so many different artistic expressions throughout our everyday lives that it almost becomes unnoticeable. But it’s still such a huge part of how we frame our current state of mind. …Around the hinges and around the bend, / Of the corner, / The coroner of all things foreign… I realized that the vehicle itself was a form of art. And my unsuspecting salesman had no idea what movement he played such a small, but fundamental part in. Because of the manifestation of one creative solution to a problem, because of one artist, millions of people in my generation had become blessed with a method of advanced transportation. May 5, 2010, at 5:48 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — anarchy / Christianity / faith / guest blogger / labels / religion / The Bible / THEME: Labels / Zach Fehst
I used to volunteer every now and again to run the cash register at a bookstore operated by an anarchist collective. Many of these so-called anarchists held regular menial jobs, some even with major corporations! The group as whole demonstrated lip service to an ideal that few bothered to take seriously. Their hypocrisy turned me off to their message. Christians have a similar image problem in today’s America. Writing with lines. Art within a structure. Jobs that follow a preset path. And while I know it would be naive of me to lambast these standards and call them foolish – that would be ignorant, for that kind of structure and system lets society function properly – while I realize this, I also know that the reason why fantasy and rebels and criminals and celebrities fascinate us so much is because they have so much abandon. May 1, 2010, at 9:45 am — Blogs — Banking system / education / Paulo Freire / Pedagogy of the Oppressed / technology
Thinking back, my education feels like a sham: most lectures were monotonous, unidirectional recitations of prescribed textbooks or readings with many examinations and assignments requiring a simple regurgitation of the lectures in order to pass. I now currently am sitting rather uselessly on two university degrees and am unable to find employment. I feel like the approximate R100 000 spent on my education could have been used to start my own business and the four years wasted to achieve two certificates could have afforded me with usable practical knowledge and experience. |
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