Posted September 10th, 2008 by Zachary
In my pursuit of wasting time, I have stumbled upon the following interesting works of art that I find interesting:
Reverse Graffiti
Dirty Car Art
Moss Graffiti (apparently no moss graffiti artist has a decent camera)
Guerrilla Gardening
Wall Animation
Banksy, Graffiti Artist (more)
Ever since the 2007 Boston bomb scare, I have been slightly interested in the way the public reacts to graffiti artists and guerrilla marketing. Some might say that I have no respect for public property, but quite the opposite: I enjoy works that either improve the appearance of a building, or do not permanently modify it. I have no respect for vandals with no artistic merit.
Edit: Forgot one. The awesome Mario Blocks project.
Tags: Art
Posted August 20th, 2008 by Zachary
Why does it seem that lately, for me, the observation of beauty causes pain?
It’s a fact of nature that beauty is often born of pain. Why does the opposite seem to be occurring with an increased frequency?
Posted May 12th, 2008 by Zachary
-Guys and Dolls isn’t too bad of a movie if you ignore the choreographed dancing.
-Frank Sinatra can croon like no one’s business, but Marlon Brando beats Sinatra in coolness, hands down.
-I’d like to dress in a black suit, black shirt, white tie sometime.
-I’ve been mulling over the romance and wooing that God does to our Spirits, and how the history of mankind is the best romance/suspense/comedy/drama/fantasy story that could ever possibly be written.
-Regardless of any of the authors intentions, after watching the Golden Compass, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the spirit interacts with our bodies and how our spirits interact with one another.
-The previous two points have combined together in my mind to get me thinking about the wooing and romance between humans. Most of our methods of attraction lie within the physical realm. We do things to produce sensations, hormones, chemicals in the brain. We might even go a step further and do things in which appeal to the mind. We play mind games of suspense to produce excitement, and try to stress areas of our personalities that we think the other person will find mentally stimulating.
I’ve decided to try to learn spiritual romance, and what it looks like. People read books to learn about how to improve their physical and mental romancing. I have a couple books in mind, but I’m not quite sure if they cover what I’m talking about. Even Christian books about love/dating/romance mostly fall in the mental realm. So how else would I learn? I plan to study God, and how He woos us, and I’ve also have asked Him to teach me. Might as well learn from the author, right?
Tags: Movies, Romance
Posted May 10th, 2008 by Zachary
Brought to you by the WAREHOUSE.
Tags: Comics
Posted May 9th, 2008 by Zachary
I just picked up Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis the other day, to read through again. The book is brilliant, but it’s also renewed my love for C.S. Lewis. With the Chronicles of Narnia finally getting outstanding treatment on the big screen (let’s see if they can keep it up), I can only hope that it will attract a few new Lewis readers.
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Tags: Literature
Posted May 8th, 2008 by Zachary
Pulled from ToothpasteForDinner.
Tags: Comics, Insomnia
Posted May 5th, 2008 by Zachary
17 With the Lord’s authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused. 18 Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
–Ephesians 4
I’ve decided to start memorizing scripture, in an effort to actually know what I’m talking about whenever I discuss anything spiritual. More so than that, it is suggested in Psalms 119:11 that memorizing scripture helps to keep us from sinning, and in Hebrews 4:12-13 that scripture is a powerful weapon against Satan. The Word itself is nearly useless unless you reflect upon it and distill its meaning, and go on to apply it to your life (James 1:23-24).
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Posted March 6th, 2008 by Zachary
These two passages of scripture have been an extreme blessing to me over the past months:
1 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. 2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
-–Galatians 6
19 My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, 20 you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.
–James 5
Posted March 3rd, 2008 by Zachary
This comic is pulled from xkcd. It’s very similar to my dreams lately, and almost identical to one that I had last night.
Tags: Comics
Posted March 3rd, 2008 by Zachary
The site is back up, I had to come up with a new domain because my old one will be locked for a couple months.
I’m not extremely sure what I’ll keep writing about. I may go into depth about everything I’ve been thinking of, but the sheer amount of thoughts inside me make that a monumental task.
I can say that right now, I am standing more on my faith in God that He will draw her back to Him. I’ve made peace with the fact that I will always love her, regardless that she will probably never love me in the same way.
Donald: It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even she didn’t have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want.
Charlie: But she thought you were pathetic.
Donald: That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you. That’s what I decided a long time ago.
–Adaptation
This is not to be confused with the romantic love I had for her. I’m sure that the remaining parts of that will dissolve over time. The type of love I have for her is so much more than that could ever be.
