tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87597178715085226162024-03-13T16:45:29.157-07:00DVD to ARTDVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-39076319028191718212010-12-14T15:19:00.000-08:002010-12-14T15:26:03.510-08:00DVDs In the Christmas spirit...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cRVlWQd3ySi-REdTYB771OiDd1H68FmD3DqxnFbFCgM8LQudqVyFrsRbG-0tXk0718Ov8o43dRMeS2RJ_vpE_tVzdzjNVUooX3QaUkSr-uMXQBtx4jvZBrx0us4zqsRgIQpWL2r7nAbS/s1600/P6040108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cRVlWQd3ySi-REdTYB771OiDd1H68FmD3DqxnFbFCgM8LQudqVyFrsRbG-0tXk0718Ov8o43dRMeS2RJ_vpE_tVzdzjNVUooX3QaUkSr-uMXQBtx4jvZBrx0us4zqsRgIQpWL2r7nAbS/s320/P6040108.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550683033705265554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6LDpeh5xSzP5lcRHTQFCJnXcrSn3N7sv1ZIfaqbcgpSpYRPUQcpI94-o9Lry31t6f_PE6UM2lpkWZ2d6_Z4SvTOEj9WKgOSfOtIxxStHrw64SPo5a4-orww96UA13L3xXsz9yklxLPWO/s1600/P6040102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6LDpeh5xSzP5lcRHTQFCJnXcrSn3N7sv1ZIfaqbcgpSpYRPUQcpI94-o9Lry31t6f_PE6UM2lpkWZ2d6_Z4SvTOEj9WKgOSfOtIxxStHrw64SPo5a4-orww96UA13L3xXsz9yklxLPWO/s320/P6040102.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550683024454110290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrc9oBckOgQGLdOjbxsi8Tdw5r_FtL_cKfcI73-zH6Dj75xzCZ8cT7E2IQCVjFMwBkOlOPiXqZ9qZJzS7mmcEHz469F55aP3SYzgkOCIuVwDZafJT_fh1ZuPq0Yn4fL5GdJfAyRt3-H1b/s1600/P6030076+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrc9oBckOgQGLdOjbxsi8Tdw5r_FtL_cKfcI73-zH6Dj75xzCZ8cT7E2IQCVjFMwBkOlOPiXqZ9qZJzS7mmcEHz469F55aP3SYzgkOCIuVwDZafJT_fh1ZuPq0Yn4fL5GdJfAyRt3-H1b/s320/P6030076+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550683022525310642" /></a>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-46432760154336641162010-12-10T18:16:00.000-08:002010-12-10T18:29:24.916-08:00"The Result of It was Hurt.." Returning the Archbishop's DVDs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdv-jzGotSuF5ExZ7r-lCFf5c5_aQYWvhQyg8-BTjHRswzGBAQovtBbNBDZ7OCfWpjX5cMGfHSTC7r_PvdoutAfgrH5ViIQQ2WNYXVReJupNASNvcsZv3JiAeXmeqm0N6VBRG9Eeymw_9/s1600/DVDs+at+Chancery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdv-jzGotSuF5ExZ7r-lCFf5c5_aQYWvhQyg8-BTjHRswzGBAQovtBbNBDZ7OCfWpjX5cMGfHSTC7r_PvdoutAfgrH5ViIQQ2WNYXVReJupNASNvcsZv3JiAeXmeqm0N6VBRG9Eeymw_9/s320/DVDs+at+Chancery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549244109115469074" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><span class="UIStory_Message">The offical press was kept outside the Chancery door but word can still get out now that "we are the press" thanks to the web. Francesca made this great little home movie of the return of thousands of DVDs by <a href="http://www.returnthedvd.org/">returnthedvd.org</a> and myself. Approx. 4,000 DVDs were returned to the Chancery today... while the archbishop wouldn't meet with us, we were able to have an interesting exchange with his representatives.</span></h3><div><span class="UIStory_Message"><br /></span></div><div><span class="UIStory_Message"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L0tNm3JM2ok?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed></object></span></div></span>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-31415734896171349832010-12-01T14:13:00.000-08:002011-01-07T13:27:10.034-08:00Wailing Wall Quilt will rise again!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzi1c9wMOJISC8TQbMGtUG-i9yUEsfq5fhMZEQR6g733HYercFyTZc6i7pbqfHfL4fvMj8EmXW7g_kvKd7bTBTVrcmcvGt83K-JgJH7RJwSwP8MrVUE6P6sdudPB49omLE2uVTY2g_vCP/s1600/73658_1503369502335_1177161548_31202084_4196581_n.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzi1c9wMOJISC8TQbMGtUG-i9yUEsfq5fhMZEQR6g733HYercFyTZc6i7pbqfHfL4fvMj8EmXW7g_kvKd7bTBTVrcmcvGt83K-JgJH7RJwSwP8MrVUE6P6sdudPB49omLE2uVTY2g_vCP/s320/73658_1503369502335_1177161548_31202084_4196581_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545843336363444818" /></a><br />The <b>Wailing Wall Quilt</b> will go on display this weekend at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.agcmcc.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church</span></a>.</span><div><br /></div><div>The <b>Wailing Wall Quilt</b> will remain on display there into January 2011.</div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-57900762155124169652010-11-21T19:33:00.000-08:002010-11-22T17:00:27.949-08:00Truth to Tell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOYShKUOZO7KwSF53-Yqh1TertERV4ISF1HRSG8WJrwzGcWQ22FxtvUTJj1vkWnmqPzBI10gYImdSHIymctiWa3TkUk20kV-opvx9XttYYQvY6lYVofUuzDNgSEaEWeLhTZLoYQj-n8ip/s1600/religionsymbols-dvd-web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOYShKUOZO7KwSF53-Yqh1TertERV4ISF1HRSG8WJrwzGcWQ22FxtvUTJj1vkWnmqPzBI10gYImdSHIymctiWa3TkUk20kV-opvx9XttYYQvY6lYVofUuzDNgSEaEWeLhTZLoYQj-n8ip/s320/religionsymbols-dvd-web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542217347352581314" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-style: italic; line-height: 17px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Religions of the World over Lucinda Naylor's "Wave"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo from KFAI website.</div></span><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i>Truth to Tell</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span>is the name of a radio show hosted by Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen on KFAI FM 90.3/106.7/Online @KFAI.org.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Today I joined Fr. Michael Tegeder and Rev. Leeanne Watkins Monday morning to be part of a conversation "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">about the role religion plays in uniting or dividing us, with an emphasis on... Catholic and Episcopalian faiths’ responses to the reality of same-sex relationships...(and) the roles churches... play in mixing their spiritual missions with... secular politics." </span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 21px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis was invited to participate but "(Dennis McGrath) stated that they do not participate in such discussions, unless there's a theological conference or something of similar gravity involved". Not unexpected but disappointing. </span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 21px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Click </span><a href="http://www.truthtotell.org/audio/by/title/truth_to_tell_2010-11-22"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">here</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> to go to a linked article: audio file available for download at the bottom of that page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-35492689838723261312010-11-17T19:38:00.000-08:002010-11-18T08:12:16.009-08:00Fear not...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A constant refrain in the Bible, from Isaiah to Luke, is "Be not afraid".</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The latest kerfuffle springing from the archbishop’s DVD is the censoring of editorials in the Benilde-St. Margaret's High School newspaper the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Knight Errant</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. I was interviewed by a student reporter for a story title</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">d </span><a href="http://bsmknighterrant.org/news/2010/11/11/church-releases-dvd-that-makes-waves/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“Church releases DVD that makes waves”</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Published alongside this article were two editorials: </span><a href="http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2010/11/15/23404/the_student_newspaper_editorial_benilde-st_margarets_doesnt_want_you_to_see"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“Staff finds DVD unsubstantiated”</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> and “Life as a gay teenager” (also reprinted as </span><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/16/simonson/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“For gay teens who have considered suicide”</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">).</span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The censoring of these very worthy editorials was done by the school, as </span><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/16/benilde-student-newspaper/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">MPR reports</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“Dennis McGrath, a spokesman for the archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis said, 'We were not involved in this process, but we are supportive of the decision by school authorities.'"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Funny, those were almost his exact words about my suspension from the Basilica. We didn’t do it, but we support those who did.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">As a friend who works for the Church said to me, “when you create a climate of fear, you don’t have to do your own dirty work”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Knight Errant</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> student editors did an excellent job of scrutinizing the claims on the DVD. For example, in dealing with one of the most offensive falsehoods, the editors wrote:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i></i></span></span></p><blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The DVD also aimed to reject the notion that the issue of gay marriage is an issue of civil rights. They did this in the most subtle way imaginable: by having a black man quote Martin Luther King Jr. The quote in question was from “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and stated that for a law to be just it must be in line with natural law.</span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What the speaker fails to address is the very next line of the letter that states, “Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statues are unjust because segregation distorts the soul.” Clearly this omitted line proves that MLK would not have supported discriminatory policies against any group, including homosexuals. The fact that the Church would go as far as to evoke MLK in an issue, which he clearly wouldn’t have supported, speaks volumes to the argument which the DVD presents.</span></i></span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Coretta Scott King</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">--who should know best-- has been quoted as saying MLK would support gay rights. She stated: "Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union. A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriage." I think it is safe to say these students’ claims are on very firm ground.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">But dissent, even when speaking the truth, is no longer tolerated in today’s Catholic Church. The student reporter told me that while students wanted to talk about the DVDs, the school staff was very afraid and wouldn't speak openly. They rightly feared for their jobs if they dissented.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Since I was suspended, multiple people have contacted me to say they (too) lost jobs with the Church through direct interference or indirect fear of the archbishop. For a variety of reasons, these people have mostly chosen to go quietly--but with very heavy hearts.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The DVD to ART opening took place in a space surrounded by large plate glass windows. A number of people who worked for the Church risked attending. A friend, who knew some of these folks, was startled by how paranoid they were. Some of them asked him to patrol the street to make sure no one was photographing them entering or leaving the exhibit. They were afraid of being spotted and reported. But they are the brave ones... I give them credit for showing up, because their fears are legitimate.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf8xqlSXRdjQDRJTzkCNDxQDv3Rfii3GLGOA9CXJEyavzgXi3NNea9jcTB8TkI411K9iBWRNPfidQUMa0KvUxVk2dtgDI4HTYmpovIik18wB30JDZSIxyrehGKz092GcqONO2PqRCkNlU/s1600/NoChurchWorkers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf8xqlSXRdjQDRJTzkCNDxQDv3Rfii3GLGOA9CXJEyavzgXi3NNea9jcTB8TkI411K9iBWRNPfidQUMa0KvUxVk2dtgDI4HTYmpovIik18wB30JDZSIxyrehGKz092GcqONO2PqRCkNlU/s320/NoChurchWorkers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540735657132755938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No Church employees are present in this photograph.</span></i></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">At the start of the project, when I was collecting DVDs outside the Basilica, a woman I’d never met before came to drop off her DVD. Since there was press around, she shielded her face with her hands and the DVD, so she wouldn’t accidently get caught in a photo. “My husband works for the Church,” she sheepishly explained.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Church of not that many years ago was talked about as a big umbrella, where family--who didn’t always agree--sheltered together. Now instead of hearing “all are welcome”, we instead hear talk of “a smaller and purer Church”. Our own archbishop responds to letters by suggesting dissenters might be happier in other faith traditions--</span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/minnesota.catholic.gay.marriage/index.html?iref=allsearch"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">as well as questioning their salvation</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Over and over lately, I find myself saying, “you know something’s wrong when the Church is ruling with fear instead of guiding with love”.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I applaud the student newspaper staff at the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Knight Errant</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> who dared to speak out. When I was their age I was proud to be Catholic because I knew my Church let me think for myself and ask big questions. I didn’t see the point of having a faith that was so limiting that it couldn’t withstand dissent. A God constrained by that kind of faith felt too small for me then, and still does. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I hope we can return to days when we were proud to say "catholic means universal"--and felt it held true not just for the "little c" catholic of the creed but for the "big C" Catholic of the Roman Catholic Church. Over-quoted, but true: "we are the Church" and "we need to be the change we want to see".</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Isaiah 43:2</i></span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Words in blue-gray are live links.)</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-81162055701413569692010-11-15T13:17:00.001-08:002010-11-18T08:13:29.150-08:00More messages from the Wailing Wall Quilt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDQ0CTci2v5rou5ujSRsg4-yWFo7kDDznp81QsDLXc6-Cl6jOarkXQT9DSXtCp5cLHiLv3qBdTgmB3oxZGAV6s_SesYTDEUJsZ_Gyf1zjcpwrOlolGkgRVaH7YIMP_FwACQJrskHxd_6_/s1600/P4270009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDQ0CTci2v5rou5ujSRsg4-yWFo7kDDznp81QsDLXc6-Cl6jOarkXQT9DSXtCp5cLHiLv3qBdTgmB3oxZGAV6s_SesYTDEUJsZ_Gyf1zjcpwrOlolGkgRVaH7YIMP_FwACQJrskHxd_6_/s320/P4270009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889853606512722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtQ6Kp8Z12SZXgS17CvIladh3ate1Y3TxxJxyxj8O4avcz8daMpnu0nJzZNmsvGTwNk7TPLyeeWPny4oT_WYGuEOyMJdk2pcQKggqCIFxbefn9UJrGWAiLgwEZzceUYgoMiB-hx-XNCS8/s1600/P4270017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtQ6Kp8Z12SZXgS17CvIladh3ate1Y3TxxJxyxj8O4avcz8daMpnu0nJzZNmsvGTwNk7TPLyeeWPny4oT_WYGuEOyMJdk2pcQKggqCIFxbefn9UJrGWAiLgwEZzceUYgoMiB-hx-XNCS8/s320/P4270017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889851464414914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7URwLB4xl204Bf6ZejbSpc-p6gENlENbt4UEWk_XxfGEso0MGsIbVCfUimPRZpijht8ayH-SJ2TZOPniRDpjf59ykf6SP46nfPHPc-V2kezJEUXyEakWqgs5-eJ5lyDNVXR7J-fGQdgj8/s1600/card1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7URwLB4xl204Bf6ZejbSpc-p6gENlENbt4UEWk_XxfGEso0MGsIbVCfUimPRZpijht8ayH-SJ2TZOPniRDpjf59ykf6SP46nfPHPc-V2kezJEUXyEakWqgs5-eJ5lyDNVXR7J-fGQdgj8/s320/card1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889844252166658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujtpnd3KPvba6dqjoiOWhcfqjPQa7I5EKuMOoXdr4QTKtLZx68jA_dNbOk9-sP1Wk_3QVmOp0Ja3t16sBZ6ysXspxbXphVzck6du-cjxS46ufXq0uozEt-u9lD0PKnyutPA62ZGlJfQKO/s1600/P4270033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujtpnd3KPvba6dqjoiOWhcfqjPQa7I5EKuMOoXdr4QTKtLZx68jA_dNbOk9-sP1Wk_3QVmOp0Ja3t16sBZ6ysXspxbXphVzck6du-cjxS46ufXq0uozEt-u9lD0PKnyutPA62ZGlJfQKO/s320/P4270033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889837832976482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgRUKRsdkkZkekOTxWepdnM1qdcSFtyTrPDfx7k14XsjB1bI7z7p12emOYTOZmf7aOMtRtzUzG5843v4Mg-ZBCUtc7vyk86U5Cgsw8PQEgCaVEa4i46hBSj9S6F67MW5N0WlYKBeoyxG5/s1600/P4270020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgRUKRsdkkZkekOTxWepdnM1qdcSFtyTrPDfx7k14XsjB1bI7z7p12emOYTOZmf7aOMtRtzUzG5843v4Mg-ZBCUtc7vyk86U5Cgsw8PQEgCaVEa4i46hBSj9S6F67MW5N0WlYKBeoyxG5/s320/P4270020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889832696058786" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-77941672909972348142010-11-12T20:58:00.001-08:002010-11-18T08:15:33.963-08:00Flooded...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYO-AtFbWPS2nXhCCVN9sxR59B8zY6R9zwWyPFxvdq8_Y-QKvhN7Xw3a-X7ZfTj426a0t4AJ10bIE0huLoJGypIPrWFNg9juWbU8XCKOuXyoti9CE1Qhqpzx8NSDk85-n8JyadlC1yQCI/s1600/DVDtorndown3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYO-AtFbWPS2nXhCCVN9sxR59B8zY6R9zwWyPFxvdq8_Y-QKvhN7Xw3a-X7ZfTj426a0t4AJ10bIE0huLoJGypIPrWFNg9juWbU8XCKOuXyoti9CE1Qhqpzx8NSDk85-n8JyadlC1yQCI/s320/DVDtorndown3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538894959190720594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">My porch is flooded...</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnLST1WvFE1B5s_xdco7t6pYzH4fNb2cIfhUjiMbLwL9LvykHvsvEyLTnYJReqCVqNOrFUtifHlqKAZk-QQkzi59n7pLBsxRn39yXkvG-Z_xtopar0exNBfvuBG5DHDiOKhjWzLOToiQn/s1600/DVDtorndown1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnLST1WvFE1B5s_xdco7t6pYzH4fNb2cIfhUjiMbLwL9LvykHvsvEyLTnYJReqCVqNOrFUtifHlqKAZk-QQkzi59n7pLBsxRn39yXkvG-Z_xtopar0exNBfvuBG5DHDiOKhjWzLOToiQn/s320/DVDtorndown1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538894952300950930" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">with 2,000 DVDs...</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd0N2AQCvnkzcUOLBmzUxqMWN8dMtAt7wLq736EM-aF_jczhuEYO9ZMvBBrDQKq-qXMoZZpcKLU5yFc8rqFeUAjGJ7sFNUoz6eO0ptbaS55OzC1lV-y968RJmSXdaX8chSaBDmA6o2nZ3/s1600/DVDtorndown2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd0N2AQCvnkzcUOLBmzUxqMWN8dMtAt7wLq736EM-aF_jczhuEYO9ZMvBBrDQKq-qXMoZZpcKLU5yFc8rqFeUAjGJ7sFNUoz6eO0ptbaS55OzC1lV-y968RJmSXdaX8chSaBDmA6o2nZ3/s320/DVDtorndown2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538894946834240418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">now waiting to be turned into smaller waves...</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-60410016719851829552010-11-09T10:08:00.001-08:002010-11-18T08:16:38.246-08:00Breathless!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVMtbXfQoiFjl44VaVLzcK6rVB0S6lmIYpcaTIg2axcdBOt8XuBgxeWnzqjWJ3-_0H7_4Z_UQG6xPxByCrcbf03DRKTT9AVBchKVPWeqJ8dP9qvyl8E719qlzGWxwYnG9awfQV8wEj2en/s1600/DVD+ART.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVMtbXfQoiFjl44VaVLzcK6rVB0S6lmIYpcaTIg2axcdBOt8XuBgxeWnzqjWJ3-_0H7_4Z_UQG6xPxByCrcbf03DRKTT9AVBchKVPWeqJ8dP9qvyl8E719qlzGWxwYnG9awfQV8wEj2en/s400/DVD+ART.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537613662411454194" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Everything about the DVD to ART project has happened fast. 24 hours after I go on Facebook, I get news coverage. 48 hours after I make that first post, I get suspended from the Basilica. Now I get a day's notice to vacate my make-shift gallery.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I should have taken it as "a clue" when my sculpture got knocked over last week. I did call to see if staying was going to be OK. I didn't hear back until this morning when I got the word that I needed to vacate ASAP. They were lovely to let me have the space as long as I did.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Wailing Wall Quilt</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is already off the wall and folded up. I've started tearing down </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Wave. </span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I'm hoping to recreate </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Wave</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> into small sculptures. I've already promised some to benefit </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.glbtqonlinehighschool.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">glbtq Online High School</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It's been a wide ride! At least with all these waves, I'm not seasick!</span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-74186264519576368922010-11-08T12:39:00.000-08:002010-11-18T08:22:02.580-08:00Update CNN: Link to video and text story.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The CNN report I wrote about below is the featured post on CNN Politics this afternoon. Sounds like this link may not stay live forever, but for now you can watch the video </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">and </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">read an expanded written story by clicking </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/minnesota.catholic.gay.marriage/index.html?iref=allsearch"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-86290179025572222662010-11-08T08:37:00.000-08:002010-11-18T08:23:25.639-08:00My Inspiration Interviewed on CNN<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The CNN report </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2010/11/06/welch.mn.catholic.dvd.cnn.html">DVD crosses the line for some Catholics</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">starts off with the interview of a fellow parishioner named Jan. I know Jan from years of sitting in the pews with her on Sunday mornings and serving on the same eucharis</span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">tic minister team.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NhGGVJ-qoJ0N5hHTXMEH-eptxyRS95214QT9RHcofK-CnYQyPNv-5cE5S6BvJQf9Wjp8vNT7jhjWRfJtuzGBC3ad2Te6gjOAbwcYKqX7F7mWT6jzd6qCQgBq9eNp-q73AfYFucIj26e7/s400/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537227695589361426" /></span><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I knew that last spring she wrote a heartfelt letter </span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">to the archbishop telling him about her lesbian daughter and asking him to open his heart to GLBT people. She told me about the letter she received in return that suggested she should refrain from taking communion and that her salvation could be in jeopardy, unless she changed to the archbishop's way of thinking.</span></span></span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I also knew, from having seen other friends letters, that the archbishop's condemnation came wrapped in a form letter--he didn't even care enough to address her personally, she got the same letter everyone did who wrote opposing his views.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">So, when I heard about the DVD, I thought of Jan... and many other people hurt by the Church.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">In the Catholic Church, we always hear "we are the Church"--meaning: the people, all of us.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">There are so many wonderful Catholics who are open and embracing of all people. They don't happen to be running the show right now, but that doesn't make them any less "the Church". I wanted to give voice to those Catholics, by asking them to collaborate with me on the DVD to ART project. Thank you to the thousands of people who have come forward to help spread the word that Catholics are also inclusive and loving people.</span></span></span></i></b></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-68089694166885899912010-11-06T16:02:00.000-07:002010-11-06T16:13:32.842-07:00Wailing Wall Quilt Notes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDWd_Yfgzgl03nOZuPs6ealPfh841trczCvOWXFtz1fOYuBia2t89_Dr9X4v-CvCDmOWwr38PlOa4FB99nOIa5IcDKVJ1a0WMRIZisJtjR3WFwI7AZfqvAEjTpCJ5sQLUGJxhCF6sIsC4/s1600/P4270034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDWd_Yfgzgl03nOZuPs6ealPfh841trczCvOWXFtz1fOYuBia2t89_Dr9X4v-CvCDmOWwr38PlOa4FB99nOIa5IcDKVJ1a0WMRIZisJtjR3WFwI7AZfqvAEjTpCJ5sQLUGJxhCF6sIsC4/s400/P4270034.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578574513261810" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3_rK93vHZ7oVdNNIWzyMjEwqvnTuhlPZHHqHG9qtPC12wpoEFZB2PdwjPXRPHladw7sSncXCpwPNR3RkRTOIR1bUOuxDcc02ntQMHTgggRtFDexQMI-znpNRNykTqI92mRSXkZrnHyJV/s1600/P4270035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3_rK93vHZ7oVdNNIWzyMjEwqvnTuhlPZHHqHG9qtPC12wpoEFZB2PdwjPXRPHladw7sSncXCpwPNR3RkRTOIR1bUOuxDcc02ntQMHTgggRtFDexQMI-znpNRNykTqI92mRSXkZrnHyJV/s400/P4270035.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578567524289618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFskyK7PTpnZOpTN-m2rIcjiY_mH-y-UH7PsXzK8PWtMcNSp9pHUfBLXq_lDsOj0kdpjn-1exFBoNIaRAteovXWDB3CdfLVdU0wrCEsja0ej94pYpP3-98dUgK5-puLc1_Osl_yUaQseM/s1600/P4270005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFskyK7PTpnZOpTN-m2rIcjiY_mH-y-UH7PsXzK8PWtMcNSp9pHUfBLXq_lDsOj0kdpjn-1exFBoNIaRAteovXWDB3CdfLVdU0wrCEsja0ej94pYpP3-98dUgK5-puLc1_Osl_yUaQseM/s400/P4270005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577930518532418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87Y_mxzgioi6Kok65HA2tcaAu6ZFdiClKbls3igkBiL0ODKNCvVINrktn0KzIBsJDutvZY_wHRFyIOHzK1hXkN5QYSz-egvfuQQGAYg4IQgzll25xUXPAwXsmwYO6JFnPrdDISwLWKLkp/s1600/P4270002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87Y_mxzgioi6Kok65HA2tcaAu6ZFdiClKbls3igkBiL0ODKNCvVINrktn0KzIBsJDutvZY_wHRFyIOHzK1hXkN5QYSz-egvfuQQGAYg4IQgzll25xUXPAwXsmwYO6JFnPrdDISwLWKLkp/s400/P4270002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577927752036610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReCtzoPWYK6JebE4pA78MFgxesjPMHoFBNVeR7up_bEM5bG032cw066uDIwwRMkWwQ9NxEUBtIqOCYIxsUls_DxV-IbJ1qompnxhU3nrokimk1M2uP0MXQBs_H8vOZJmGmdv06hLKQ4BR/s1600/P4270037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReCtzoPWYK6JebE4pA78MFgxesjPMHoFBNVeR7up_bEM5bG032cw066uDIwwRMkWwQ9NxEUBtIqOCYIxsUls_DxV-IbJ1qompnxhU3nrokimk1M2uP0MXQBs_H8vOZJmGmdv06hLKQ4BR/s400/P4270037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577928624920802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52rwNmby2b9WvdGANOk0krbTYKL6H2ANX0AzEChySP5jVuMgIDp0KmeplZieWuFpL-mAaoXTAJxVG1CbLsSzk0yn0CdQ0p0oWxcPaagOBcUiKC9c9MTWWbbKhelZlKZ_QSpwsYPD1xCW0/s1600/DSCI0167.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52rwNmby2b9WvdGANOk0krbTYKL6H2ANX0AzEChySP5jVuMgIDp0KmeplZieWuFpL-mAaoXTAJxVG1CbLsSzk0yn0CdQ0p0oWxcPaagOBcUiKC9c9MTWWbbKhelZlKZ_QSpwsYPD1xCW0/s400/DSCI0167.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577923169056498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp4aK6wr3_MtiM3Z-6A53pF8lJZWnrff-Xi09nM2LQtDIOZjrTJIcfu8VAz9ip4yFPbeDKqbtySl7QWIMmhHQR7Xkv5lW1OpHpZ1iuBEYdVAbQIQE5z9_5PkryRhNSPY7Eo1z3Nk_1I_P/s1600/DSCI0174.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp4aK6wr3_MtiM3Z-6A53pF8lJZWnrff-Xi09nM2LQtDIOZjrTJIcfu8VAz9ip4yFPbeDKqbtySl7QWIMmhHQR7Xkv5lW1OpHpZ1iuBEYdVAbQIQE5z9_5PkryRhNSPY7Eo1z3Nk_1I_P/s400/DSCI0174.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577917654405138" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Today I took a bunch of photos of the notes tucked into the </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Wailing Wall Quilt</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, which is the "bonus art" on view with </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Wave</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. All the photos posted here are of notes that the writers left loosely tucked, so they could be read by others. I believe I am honoring the writers' intentions by giving them a larger viewing here.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-15833621808961992522010-11-05T16:43:00.000-07:002010-11-05T19:51:13.277-07:00The Wave Evolves<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Being an artist, I wasn't satisfied with last night's quick fix job on the toppled <b><i>Wave</i></b>.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I went back today and did a little surgery. Here it is in its latest incarnation: </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMq0AzTC1WvSexTJlU6fibc2WuY4mw_9eq1TXVUU7ZMCHvCci-44pZEWxd637HhgHNXsbxjL5nChEdttAl8T-GQltZ7DcoD_ZV5xZE1R472n0QijBqeIlt1ckia0C-zY6BXzlMTXHbW2xX/s1600/Wave3b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMq0AzTC1WvSexTJlU6fibc2WuY4mw_9eq1TXVUU7ZMCHvCci-44pZEWxd637HhgHNXsbxjL5nChEdttAl8T-GQltZ7DcoD_ZV5xZE1R472n0QijBqeIlt1ckia0C-zY6BXzlMTXHbW2xX/s400/Wave3b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536217293588812402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1clN3gjSfPO0lVOGPkW84E2THB9pS9_CymI6mtRaQ2qLRfkImvjU1oz1X134XHPTVdIYayha47gqjg8DDEYtRKto9vFfouzIV1hlI4QY6pBz3MZasTpJBWBhwZgc4QHLiXGg3EB7HYjX5/s1600/Wave3a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1clN3gjSfPO0lVOGPkW84E2THB9pS9_CymI6mtRaQ2qLRfkImvjU1oz1X134XHPTVdIYayha47gqjg8DDEYtRKto9vFfouzIV1hlI4QY6pBz3MZasTpJBWBhwZgc4QHLiXGg3EB7HYjX5/s400/Wave3a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536217286750071522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3KpfJueMU3Kb_L_5oyXxkhvCtSYX7hyphenhyphenzozQvfEHzkOaL_WynyLBM3oTGvVs5UZ9VIc8XAmBaO0maJKa0o6kgXkGcJIQAAMKmBPg7yQps8m1L8KdQCF2LrcgTsl9bSgbmZaQgDON_g0oF/s1600/Wave3c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3KpfJueMU3Kb_L_5oyXxkhvCtSYX7hyphenhyphenzozQvfEHzkOaL_WynyLBM3oTGvVs5UZ9VIc8XAmBaO0maJKa0o6kgXkGcJIQAAMKmBPg7yQps8m1L8KdQCF2LrcgTsl9bSgbmZaQgDON_g0oF/s400/Wave3c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536217282034049666" /></a>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-81251756158385097192010-11-04T20:14:00.000-07:002010-11-05T19:50:24.277-07:00Industrial Accident... Or Waves Are Ever-Changing...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This is how The Wave originally looked..</span>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJODpGtnZAGmaNgcmsemfy7hTvRmCMwph4JvFKCle2Cx63W7MaIBxpIKlv_Q9_7AFPjkB39jrC-qgoJGFVAcmpk4oGXXGTzXO0RHYwsxLhihuLNKgArIm9EN0SksHP2UGzSqD9-Btp6Ik/s1600/WaveNorth.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJODpGtnZAGmaNgcmsemfy7hTvRmCMwph4JvFKCle2Cx63W7MaIBxpIKlv_Q9_7AFPjkB39jrC-qgoJGFVAcmpk4oGXXGTzXO0RHYwsxLhihuLNKgArIm9EN0SksHP2UGzSqD9-Btp6Ik/s400/WaveNorth.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535900121358185042" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pnVCwPZGr32FRiy-u_rzTKFpc70nTdFeVGMqVkzwk5fw6ZPM8UudngW8t4XpHTwGrpge5O3Hghe7p5VAzQEP1P_LPARJ447qcpVEacCtZshqnfpFcv7Feb0BZxdL9T9c5T2CPndtZK2a/s1600/WaveEast.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pnVCwPZGr32FRiy-u_rzTKFpc70nTdFeVGMqVkzwk5fw6ZPM8UudngW8t4XpHTwGrpge5O3Hghe7p5VAzQEP1P_LPARJ447qcpVEacCtZshqnfpFcv7Feb0BZxdL9T9c5T2CPndtZK2a/s400/WaveEast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535900113401212578" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pnVCwPZGr32FRiy-u_rzTKFpc70nTdFeVGMqVkzwk5fw6ZPM8UudngW8t4XpHTwGrpge5O3Hghe7p5VAzQEP1P_LPARJ447qcpVEacCtZshqnfpFcv7Feb0BZxdL9T9c5T2CPndtZK2a/s1600/WaveEast.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">this is what it looks like after a little accident today: </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WRGMBZt9JkIB1DmUuVSYKWWtoV-w-KYbM7Yie7JVUQAyhiKwXnMEGclf6s5YW0M-RJOt9tPmQzIFOzJPqBhNyOs5xbXIk8FsgP1vnsc2vNbg5pcaXpFuotvB_LHMLKjQMXR4peuxnnCe/s1600/wave2a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WRGMBZt9JkIB1DmUuVSYKWWtoV-w-KYbM7Yie7JVUQAyhiKwXnMEGclf6s5YW0M-RJOt9tPmQzIFOzJPqBhNyOs5xbXIk8FsgP1vnsc2vNbg5pcaXpFuotvB_LHMLKjQMXR4peuxnnCe/s400/wave2a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535900102217999506" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R8R2bXB3VankH3IDG530ByHD_CvhELGI_S-X5VRaKgw5wMhF3Jv8El602KkO_EvrtnR3ACduFSehmlf2wVrWJ0RYiJSPFCn0w2Y4s3XHCQeqa3HKX_ijiQP2NJ5K0HhMNCgnJgqDHen_/s1600/wave2b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R8R2bXB3VankH3IDG530ByHD_CvhELGI_S-X5VRaKgw5wMhF3Jv8El602KkO_EvrtnR3ACduFSehmlf2wVrWJ0RYiJSPFCn0w2Y4s3XHCQeqa3HKX_ijiQP2NJ5K0HhMNCgnJgqDHen_/s400/wave2b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535900101197939138" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">My "gallery space" for this project is a vacant storefront. It's a lovely space--big, with lots of windows. Occasionally work goes on here when I'm not present. I know this because lights are left on and doors are left open, or construction materials stuck in offices off the main room are moved about. All three tell-tale signs of activity were there today... but the main evidence was laying the middle of the floor. Oops! <b><i>The Wave</i></b> fell over.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Admittedly, I made the damage worse by not waiting until I had at least three people to right it. With only two of us lifting, it twisted and split in the middle. Out came the hot glue gun and scissors! Now <b><i>The Wave</i></b> is a bit shorter and longer... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Well, real waves are never the same moment to moment. Waves of change are no different: always in flux. So the fact the a sculpture that symbolizes change in the Church should shift and move is really very appropriate.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i>The Wave</i></b> is still available for viewing on Saturdays (1-5 p.m.) but don't be surprised if it flows into even yet another form...</span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-630341145670796292010-11-01T16:15:00.000-07:002010-11-01T16:44:48.002-07:00Wailing Wall Quilt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaqL5CBkMqnFgBZ7L2dEKliDCKcuPOQ4qJq37adC5d74inpam8xEOEnjuCUsC1bHjiiVPNs3hm4TbQoQrDi7ySRn4ad6V76zm1ztvRjwNJII3DSWM4RKnHkvWDSddezzpkEpxgyqyuSJw/s1600/Close+up+w:Wailing+Wall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaqL5CBkMqnFgBZ7L2dEKliDCKcuPOQ4qJq37adC5d74inpam8xEOEnjuCUsC1bHjiiVPNs3hm4TbQoQrDi7ySRn4ad6V76zm1ztvRjwNJII3DSWM4RKnHkvWDSddezzpkEpxgyqyuSJw/s400/Close+up+w:Wailing+Wall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534729621281420562" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzcZTy8MUYPcakFxGjN9oz6XqIeIHTJi7WUBW836LkTHxUWQDjmzMWvH-6bOc6z7Abo39sMCWGsXHprf6JmJoKKSPRWyrs7EQIgvMEg2Bt4S5d0G2vmoxi6ivM4csxWPSIAsSBzHdaSYa/s1600/wailing+wall+working.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzcZTy8MUYPcakFxGjN9oz6XqIeIHTJi7WUBW836LkTHxUWQDjmzMWvH-6bOc6z7Abo39sMCWGsXHprf6JmJoKKSPRWyrs7EQIgvMEg2Bt4S5d0G2vmoxi6ivM4csxWPSIAsSBzHdaSYa/s400/wailing+wall+working.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534724459358834194" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The "bonus art" on display with The Wave is called the Wailing Wall Quilt. Because so many people sending me their DVDs were including notes, I asked myself "how can I make a piece of art that let's people speak?"</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inspired by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, where people tuck their prayers on pieces of paper amid the chinks of the wall, I came up with the idea of quilting together a "wall" of the DVD sleeves. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The open pockets of the sleeves created the perfect pocket for tucking thoughts and prayers. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDiHRccpHzQXeu9p2eT1Yi_xqePR4oJJpCobx7_qK9niwB_XDA3ofysnQDzA5CpJYYUcrodFrgZqdCStzwWs-06l_3RhgXqy-HZ0e9Lua-5r4MHc4SvCgZ1FtOcYq4YXAA9MyLVnnJDqQ/s400/Wailing+wall+change.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534727761619283010" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Remembering my grandmother's quilting bees, I</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">invited 22 women and girls to join me one Sunday</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> afternoon to join me in sewing the sleeves together, using their creativity to each create their own square.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I invite you to come by and add your own thoughts and prayers. </span></div><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Arial Black';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Black; min-height: 19.0px"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Black; min-height: 19.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></b></p> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Arial Black';"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Arial Black';"><b><br /></b></span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-32979773708678125002010-10-30T15:58:00.001-07:002010-10-30T16:05:48.716-07:00The Wave<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJa7yoqT1gkXDfUa5T64pN8SM0Cf2EtU__gja5EtyaS24Z1squqTunQhgjs_v9u99atGFfT9xeZsb_t1fayb0VzJwAZFrn_jEvnLLcRuKuS_uPiYvi3aIFJGrKpXvLPpmkOFIRIT7HTBL/s1600/WaveB2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJa7yoqT1gkXDfUa5T64pN8SM0Cf2EtU__gja5EtyaS24Z1squqTunQhgjs_v9u99atGFfT9xeZsb_t1fayb0VzJwAZFrn_jEvnLLcRuKuS_uPiYvi3aIFJGrKpXvLPpmkOFIRIT7HTBL/s400/WaveB2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533977440548531058" /></a>We had a fabulous Opening Night party last night. Many thanks to the volunteers, contributors and musicians who made it a wonderful event. We will be open Sunday (Halloween) and Tuesday (Election Day) from 1-5 p.m. After I stop racing around I will post hours for the rest of the month of November.<div><br /></div><div>In the meantime, for those who can't come see the art in person, here is a picture of The Wave, as I am calling the DVD sculpture. The following is the "artist's statement" I posted next to the artwork:</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Wave</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">By Lucinda Naylor,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">in collaboration with two thousand households.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial Black; min-height: 18.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Media: Repurposed DVDs.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Black; min-height: 19.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">These discs originally carried a divisive message sent in the name of the Catholic Church, seeking to block the civil rights of same-sex couples. I say sent in the name of the Church, but not the Church I know. The Church I know is inclusive, not exclusive. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">For fifteen years, as artist-in-residence at the Basilica of Saint Mary, I used whatever materials I could scrounge from a budget-strapped liturgical department to create art for all the seasons of the church year. When I heard about these DVDs, I thought “Free art materials! I’ll turn them into art.”</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I put out a call on Facebook, asking people to donate their DVDs to my project. I called it DVD to ART.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I had no idea what I was getting myself into.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The first DVD arrived in a bag of bagels. People slid DVDs through by mailbox, passed them to me in the pews, threw them into collection boxes outside several churches. They sent them to Return The DVD with notes saying “Turn me into art.” Church workers passed them along, laughingly, “under cover of night”. Over and over, I heard, “Thank you for changing this message into one of love.”</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Some DVDs came broken, scratched, written on: “Return to sender, offensive material.” “Not in my name.” “You are not alone.” Repeatedly they quoted Jesus: “Love one another, as I have loved you.”</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Thank you to everyone who passed along a DVD. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Black"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Wave is about the Spirit of inclusion and love, which is sweeping though the Catholic Church as it continues to change, as usual from the people up to the hierarchy.</span></p></b></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-80058901223024034502010-10-26T20:03:00.000-07:002010-10-26T20:09:17.194-07:00The Party Just Got Better!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">DVD to ART project is pleased to announce that the following musicians will be contributing their art to the Opening Night experience:</span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">John James and Ben Radecki<br /><br />"Very Small Animal" with Tim Harlan-Marks and Patrick Noonan<br /><br />Brian Laidlaw</span></span></b></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Join the fun</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:medium;">!</span></span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-16788977619063582492010-10-24T22:29:00.001-07:002010-10-24T22:39:48.324-07:00DVD to ART: Opening Night!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K62DrGtQMRN6xXtgCA_77o4P9kajxYNMdBpvUcSbDlzIwzcIgfHTflRvQjec4mUqazMU1sFbCG8J3XglwATBJVnV3p3OYLOtLhHuDcefiCE_Je1UMTqCWgk8b-X64Cs7jj7u4VqMJly0/s1600/DVD+close+up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K62DrGtQMRN6xXtgCA_77o4P9kajxYNMdBpvUcSbDlzIwzcIgfHTflRvQjec4mUqazMU1sFbCG8J3XglwATBJVnV3p3OYLOtLhHuDcefiCE_Je1UMTqCWgk8b-X64Cs7jj7u4VqMJly0/s320/DVD+close+up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531851708173891474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">What art project has almost 2,000 collaborators?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Yes, DVD to ART! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); ">Come celebrate the transformation of DVDs into ART!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Opening Night: Friday, October 29th</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">5 p.m to 10 p.m.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">2756 Hennepin Ave South</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Minneapolis, 55408</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">If you can't make Opening Night,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">stop by Saturday or Sunday afternoon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><br /></span></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-18571157790736333082010-10-22T18:36:00.000-07:002010-10-22T18:46:57.317-07:00One Week Until ART!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMcSMYQn9CMxOQXVjQHDdtlu_arjJ7-MrN2oMvnJthDqeuhr6qyURa42C9QjpaAfZavCXqg8JLkGRTHV5mVcXY5pEKnFM1b1y5WERqb5s1zzvCjeopZ3GV2FKSMg5Odx1N0Y-lt09jLFL/s1600/thank+you+DVD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMcSMYQn9CMxOQXVjQHDdtlu_arjJ7-MrN2oMvnJthDqeuhr6qyURa42C9QjpaAfZavCXqg8JLkGRTHV5mVcXY5pEKnFM1b1y5WERqb5s1zzvCjeopZ3GV2FKSMg5Odx1N0Y-lt09jLFL/s320/thank+you+DVD.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531049578367278338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This DVD, like so many others, came with a sweet note.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll continue to accept DVDs through the weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">After then... all my DVDs will be turned into ART!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.returnthedvd.org/">ReturnTheDVD</a> will continue to collect DVDs into November.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Details about next Friday night's opening will be posted here soon.</div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-10598277576016376802010-10-20T18:30:00.000-07:002010-10-20T18:36:29.704-07:00DVD to ART: Bare Bones<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMl_foTwIGHvqqPfttAzHGrehx3gQZc082kJUK1tMx5CNOYPhYjYi57JLCIVq8tBzU02b__YrW9UiWgkC_sCY4RgmHl69PysJjdKjhkuKbq5Bb6UVP3NaXvjXRJG4D27s88sAX1Y8cGQx/s1600/DVD+bare+bones.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMl_foTwIGHvqqPfttAzHGrehx3gQZc082kJUK1tMx5CNOYPhYjYi57JLCIVq8tBzU02b__YrW9UiWgkC_sCY4RgmHl69PysJjdKjhkuKbq5Bb6UVP3NaXvjXRJG4D27s88sAX1Y8cGQx/s320/DVD+bare+bones.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530305802426706946" /></a><br /><div>I'm already past this stage... or I'd be panicking by now...</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the bare bones of the DVD sculpture's structure.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can see how they start to interconnect.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the pictures, they look so pretty just like this...</div><div>it's almost a shame to take it to the next level.</div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-77968716641636610452010-10-16T16:28:00.001-07:002010-10-16T16:51:03.449-07:00Me, Robin Hood, and the Washington Post!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzK-J8xN5jOqTp2rLsbqwlC15BPgarAxw29XMpIxhpoQimtIsituf5dOm_AL8yUySZ4io9ud3NOVYl0tN2laMdMMk0yJQzwIuBwlJY2ymuvIuI0FAhF8OOEgucnQL3rEyuqFZ561mmqD7/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzK-J8xN5jOqTp2rLsbqwlC15BPgarAxw29XMpIxhpoQimtIsituf5dOm_AL8yUySZ4io9ud3NOVYl0tN2laMdMMk0yJQzwIuBwlJY2ymuvIuI0FAhF8OOEgucnQL3rEyuqFZ561mmqD7/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528790170169486306" /></a><br /><div>When I was three my TV heros were Roy Rogers and Robin Hood. I played Robin Hood all the while I was growing up--I had the hat, the bow & the (rubber tipped) arrows.<div><br /></div><div>So imagine my delight upon reading the article <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>"</b></span><a href="http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/catholicamerica/2010/10/of_bully_pulpits_and_bully_bishops.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b>Of bully pulpits and bully bishops"</b></span></a> in the <b><i>Washington Post</i></b>. Author Anthony Stevens-Arroyo makes the comparison between our Minnesota archdiocese and Sherwood Forest.</div><div><a href="http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/catholicamerica/2010/10/of_bully_pulpits_and_bully_bishops.html"></a></div><div><br /></div><div>While no one's comparing me to Robin Hood, I'd happily sign on to be one of his "merry band".</div></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-63559340398104399252010-10-15T19:43:00.000-07:002010-10-15T19:47:19.953-07:00SAVE THE DATE!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The opening night event for the </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001318740117#" tabindex="-1" class="mention" contenteditable="false" style="cursor: default; text-decoration: none; "><span contenteditable="false" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">DVD to ART</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> project will be held on Friday, October 29th.</span></span> </span>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-4882604617837127632010-10-13T17:50:00.000-07:002010-10-13T17:56:40.957-07:00Bumper Crop!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EDQ3ZYZCzsTCVL3e2Vded3VkBLQ5sWvYsv1-yFsmIUI9jxWiUOzPmHv5yN_SmqhEwepqbvG3sZN-TTXoFAoUU86X2JOMbfA4J1sLvOma6gE14hi2UPO1Eh-wmtJXttYNsU1lwiwVJ_2W/s1600/shucked+DVDs.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EDQ3ZYZCzsTCVL3e2Vded3VkBLQ5sWvYsv1-yFsmIUI9jxWiUOzPmHv5yN_SmqhEwepqbvG3sZN-TTXoFAoUU86X2JOMbfA4J1sLvOma6gE14hi2UPO1Eh-wmtJXttYNsU1lwiwVJ_2W/s400/shucked+DVDs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527698036372160242" /></a><br /><div>Spent the beautiful fall afternoon outdoors shucking today's harvest.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Separating the raw DVDs from their husks is the first step in this recipe for transformation.</div></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-40485088848913005982010-10-11T17:11:00.000-07:002010-10-11T17:31:52.123-07:00More Prep Work...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVhdhT_9GjyAFK0yIQHc56ffTuIkwnC_PFXSG9IYVvb-AvBZGHm8lN7Yb9OU3hLNKOsLUgChnpG0OIl3djbWMVp2Yy1XloZqXz0V9Y7gvp7c6lO5qwVtK47fDZ1vCMMjPa0EPye65xMdQ/s1600/DVDs+action+painting.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVhdhT_9GjyAFK0yIQHc56ffTuIkwnC_PFXSG9IYVvb-AvBZGHm8lN7Yb9OU3hLNKOsLUgChnpG0OIl3djbWMVp2Yy1XloZqXz0V9Y7gvp7c6lO5qwVtK47fDZ1vCMMjPa0EPye65xMdQ/s400/DVDs+action+painting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526945607891240818" /></a>Before I actually received my DVD, I was hoping it would have a lovely--or at least neutral graphic. <div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, to quote Fresca, when she saw the DVDs overlapping each other: "the fingers look like a bunch of worms". yecch!<div><br /></div><div>I tried sandblasting. I tried scraping. I tried peeling. None of those made it any prettier.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I've had to resort to painting. Here I am putting a thin coat of blue over the DVDs. You can still tell they are the archbishop's DVDs--the fingers show through--but they are toned down. </div><div><br /></div><div>They don't look like blue worms. Whew!</div><div><br /></div><div>There are about 800 DVDs surrounding me in this photo. </div></div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-41754970860003999342010-10-10T10:51:00.000-07:002010-10-10T11:17:40.737-07:00DVDs AS Art... It's beginning!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nf1-NV4izCZJsQUwdCyCeAq1aWVikX4rg5wCmQrX4xORvjKYNRJPsSEzduAzXWmizhESMJbC0AwzgcziOjPk5oxtt2MCTrlbrf_8c8BakzyFReSt-F4ZZuno77qCRLT6-rWSMs_Ty3S6/s1600/20101008__101010dvd_200.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nf1-NV4izCZJsQUwdCyCeAq1aWVikX4rg5wCmQrX4xORvjKYNRJPsSEzduAzXWmizhESMJbC0AwzgcziOjPk5oxtt2MCTrlbrf_8c8BakzyFReSt-F4ZZuno77qCRLT6-rWSMs_Ty3S6/s320/20101008__101010dvd_200.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526482498924939922" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_16293734?nclick_check=1">"Catholics get creative in response to archbishop's anti-gay-marriage message"</a> is the headline of a front page story in today's Pioneer Press. (Click on title for link.) The subtitle is "Anti-gay marriage message has local Catholics buzzing"--and that really captures the focus of the story: people's reactions to the DVDs.<div><br /></div><div>There are even a couple pix in the story of me working in my new medium. (Photo to left by Jean Pieri from Pioneer Press article).</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">On a different note</span>---People keep telling me, "I haven't received my DVD yet". I know bulk mailing can be slow, but I'm hearing this from so many people, I'm beginning to wonder if the diocese stopped mailing the DVDs after seeing all the kerfuffle they've caused... </div><div><br /></div><div>Those who have yet to receive your DVDs--never fear! You can continue to send them to me via <a href="http://www.returnthedvd.org/">ReturnTheDVD.org</a> or our collection boxes (see sidebar). I will continue to incorporate DVDs into my sculpture up until the last week of October, and ReturnTheDVD will continue to collect them even beyond that date. So, keep 'em coming--even if you get yours weeks from now!</div>DVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759717871508522616.post-11447439506516593522010-10-08T12:32:00.000-07:002010-10-08T13:40:40.438-07:00DVD to ART: bandsaw-- a Video by Infinity Café<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUvyJMD_gEc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUvyJMD_gEc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />This little 34 second video shows me making the first cuts into the DVDs, on the way to transforming them into art.<br /><br />Song: The Beatles' "I Will", sung by Alison KraussDVD to ARThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546463566124890857noreply@blogger.com1