The Scriptorium Daily

Category: Art

  • We'll "Figure Out" the Trinity, Get It?

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    Fred Sanders
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    This January I’ll be teaching an intensive class on the Trinity as part of Biola’s innovative IRIS program. It’ll be a three-week class that I’ll be co-teaching with nine other Biola profs, intentionally stirring together as many academic disciplines as we can fit into one experience of general education. The 200 students who register for…

  • Happy Thanksgiving from the Pumpkin Diner

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    There’s an attitude of gratitude at the pumpkin diner, as the meals-with-friends-and-family part of the holiday kicks in. You can either be grumbly and hateful, or humbly grateful, so which is it gonna be? Today’s special speshle is turkey ham, according to the little bird who posts the menu. This detail is a good example…

  • Psalmtooning 4: Ponder Ponder Ponder

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    Fred Sanders
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    The fourth Psalm, in graphic form by renowned interpreter Freddy Age Nine: Following a medieval tradition, Freddy Age Nine has taken the first letter of the Psalm (A is for “Answer me when I call”) and made it the architectural center of the composition. The A is not only the largest shape on the page,…

  • Star Wars Halloween Dance Party!!!

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    Fred Sanders
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    What are you dressing as, and what dance are you doing? Astromech Droid Artoo Unit Waltz (Bleep Blaap Blooop Danube) Ewok Sabre Dance (but Ewoks don’t have sabres, so here’s a spear) Begin the Boba Beguine (or is it the Jango Jig?) Poppin and Lockin Protocol Droid (fluent in over six million forms of electric…

  • Psalmtooning 3: "How Many?"

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    Fred Sanders
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    Phoebe Age Seven interprets the first line of the third psalm as an actual question –“How many are my foes?”– though it was apparently intended as an exclamation: “Wow, that’s a lot of foes!” Phoebe Age Seven adds the exclamation point, but you can tell she’s thinking “give me an approximate count” because the center…

  • Nonconformist Droid

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    Fred Sanders
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    It’s not all Psalmtooning around the house these days. The artists known as Freddy Age Ten and Phoebe Age Eight are nothing if not prolific, and their work cannot be confined to any single medium or genre. The resident curators (also known as parents) are constantly finding art scattered around the studio/gallery area. Here are…

  • "Me First!" Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

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    Fred Sanders
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    Here is a little two-minute video presentation of the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:8-16). The team at my church’s media ministry put it together, and it features drawings by my kids, accompanying narration by our friend Anna. This video features a child’s voice and children’s drawings, but it’s not…

  • Psalmtooning 2: Serve With Fear

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    Fred Sanders
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    Phoebe Age Seven draws her way through the second Psalm. In her earlier psalmtoon work, she showed a strong commitment to unifying the entire page composition. In the second Psalm, for whatever reason, she has apparently abandoned the quest for a unified composition in favor of a looser assemblage of images. The page’s only unity…

  • Psalmtooning 1: Planted by Rivers of Water

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    Fred Sanders
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    I don’t know what other families do for devotions, but at my house we are cartooning our way through the book of Psalms. With world-famous artists like Freddy Age Ten and Phoebe Age Eight living under the same roof, it’s an opportunity not to be missed. The Psalms are a uniquely appropriate book for the…

  • "Here is Your God:" Songs from Isaiah

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    Fred Sanders
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    This weekend was the official release of a new set of songs from my home church, Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada, CA. The album has a website where you can listen to the songs online, buy the album, or buy individual tracks. There’s also a blog there, which includes well-produced videos with interviews…

  • My First Publication Ever

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    Fred Sanders
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    Cleaning out the garage to make room for some basic woodworking tools, I found what I believe is my first publication ever. That is, it’s the first time I wrote something, was paid for it, and saw it printed by a national publisher. It’s from 1982. I was 14 years old. The publication was Cracked,…

  • Giant Chocolate Bunny: Siedell's God in the Gallery

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    Fred Sanders
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    My review of Dan Siedell‘s book God in the Gallery just came out in the latest issue of Cultural Encounters. The same issue also has a short essay by Siedell, extending and updating some of his ideas about art and religion since the 2008 publication of his book. In fact, the whole issue of Cultural…