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Putting limitations on artistic expression

I've talked about this before...but it's one of those things that I think about a lot. I feel like conservative religion greatly limits artistic expression. I'm listening to St. Vincent right now and just thinking that she would probably be silenced or shoved in a box...

A Changing Picture

(I'm never sure how to cross-post from my blog to here. Bear with me as I try something a bit different.) I’ve been reading a Brian McLaren book, Church On The Other Side. McLaren is a fairly progressive Christian, keen to help church-goers and churches to stop...

David Hayward, Women’s Stories, and Me

David Hayward, Women’s Stories, and Me

So...lucky enough to have a Skype conversation with David today. Always invigorating. Always challenging. Always reminds me that I'm sane. I'm grateful. We caught up. We shared stories. We commiserated. We talked of our endless desires, his and mine. Mine? To somehow...

Two ideas that stabilize where I am

The idea that no single religion lays exclusive claim to experiences of God and the supernatural pushed me away from religious exclusivism. Likewise, the idea that there will probably always be dimensions to life that science won't be able to articulate pushed me away...

What if we thought for ourselves?

What if we thought for ourselves?

Thinking for ourselves is difficult. It is hard work. It takes time and energy. This is why we seldom do it. Let me give you an example: Julian Assange. My initial opinion of him was that he is a brave and visionary man who changed the flow of information in our...

I have yet to find my favourite philosopher

I deal in more politcal/antipolitical theories as of late but my ideas are deeply philosophical and spiritual. I don't have a favourite philosopher who would represent my ideas as they are becoming more and more my own. I love Sartre, I love Nietszche, I love Aleister...