Anyone not already bored with my writing is invited to take a look at my new blog (or maybe it’s a new department of this blog?) The Ministry of Culture.
The Ministry of Culture is about looking for God in all the facets of culture — rock & roll, Shakespeare, science fiction, roller derby, opera, comedy and whatever else crosses my path. All opinions will be honest and irony free. However ,as in everything else in life, not all will be explained or made explicit.
Today’s inaugural posts are Part 1 in my highly idiosyncratic guide to gospel music and a selection from master humorist & historian Will Cuppy on Dolly Madison. Today is the 340th anniversary of Mrs. Madison’s birthday. What does this last post have to do with a Supreme Being? Not much directly. But I like to think that God likes us so much that He shared Mr. Cuppy with us for a while.
Anyone so interested might also care to read some of my favorite quotes from other writers.
FWIW, the logo above is by Neil Curtis and was scanned without permission from his magnificently strange and sublime children’s (?) book Bear Dinkum. It is a sublime meditation on art, God, Australia and the use of hand-to-hand violence in modern ballet. Sadly I have been unable to locate a copy of the sequel — not making this up — Bear Dinkum Drops His Guts.
Collateral Damage 