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Check out this chick

Apr 18, 2006

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Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

Ladder at the Cross

Apr 13, 2006

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by

Fred Sanders

in Art, Theology

This 14th century painting shows Christ climbing up onto the cross. It is surely historically inaccurate, but it even more surely makes a theological point worth making. It makes the point in a way that I find disarming specifically because of the liberties it takes with history. Jesus didn’t climb a ladder to get his…

Star Wars

Apr 13, 2006

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Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

There’s one! Set for stun!

Jedi Kat!

Apr 10, 2006

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by

Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

As Stan Lee might say, “Face front, true believers! This one has it all! Nuff said.”

Koala!

Mar 27, 2006

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by

Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

Hot off the art pad, by Freddy age 5. “I am friendly,” his winning smile seems to say, but the way he brandishes those claws is reason enough to stay back a few paces. And all his weight is coming down on one toe: is he landing, leaping, shifting, running? You know what I love…

Knight Lowering Visor

Mar 1, 2006

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Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

Freddy continues his tireless pursuit of his current favorite subject. Here is another knight, this one reaching up to lower his visor.

Roadrunner Knight

Feb 21, 2006

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by

Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

I credit Narnia with my son Freddy’s sudden awakening to all things medieval, armored, and sword-wielding. Ever since he got his first look at Sir Peter Wolfbane, the knight obsession has spread: Playmobil knights, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, books on fencing, etc. Susan and I let him know that, according to the book 100 Things You…

Chivalrous Valentine’s Day

Feb 15, 2006

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Fred Sanders

in Avant-Garde

After days of reading aloud the St. George vs. the Dragon story (from a kid’s version of Spenser’s Faerie Queene), I asked Freddy to make a valentine card. Here’s what I got. Open this card and it says “LOVE” inside.