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Friday, March 19, 2010

Original Hybrids to life...

"Taymor's work-in theatre, opera, and film-is not so much eclectic, as it is cross-bred. She draws on an enormous pool of forms, genres, traditions. She grasps the center of each form, how it works in its home context and how it might resonate somewhere else. She conceives new theatrical organisms, combining traits from the most disparate sources to bring original hybrids to life."


That is from Eileen Blumenthal's book on Julie Taymor called Playing With Fire.

That seems to me to be the essence of what all artists in the church are trying to do. Take our experiences, the stories, and find God's truth in them, then form them into a hybrid that is relatable and speaks God's truth in a new way.

Later in the book there is a phrase about Taymor..."she assimilates disparate elements, rather than leaving them in native dress"....hmmmm.......




Thursday, March 18, 2010

I am not a writer

I am not a writer, I am not a blogger, but I am a list maker, (as long as it is not a list of things I have to do) and I am good a being random...so here goes...a random list, of art things that are inspiring me right now...

slumdog millionaire
oragami
flocks of birds
giant new buildings
sushi
late nights
early mornings
puddles of mud that never dry up
found object sculpture
artists, who don't think they are artists
Josiah -2 Kings

Update on what going on with aG worship arts....
dance team forming,wild training hours for the tech teams...for the new building,
rehearsals for Easter, with the actors/dancers/children/worshippers and the support teams:)

It is wild around here....Just like Jesus likes it:)....because, HE is wild and not TAME....as Beau would say, (paraphrasing c s lewis)



Saturday, May 2, 2009

Soggy May

I am very curious to know if anyone has been to the saddleback worship conference...does it compare with willowcreeks art conference?  I winder if it is mostly for muscians?

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Happy New Year!

Seriously,  I have no idea how I can keep up with this blog thing, I have blog envy...that's bad right?

I read all these very clever blogs that are continually packed with new and brilliant content, but I cannot for the life of me think of how to keep up with that kind of pace...
so Hi!...and Happy New Year!...:) I promise to try harder and be much more serious about this blog...just kidding...see you in 2010!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Giving Thanks

Today, I had a few moments to think about Thankfulness before my feet hit the floor and my 90 MPH preparation for advent began, and the thing that came to  mind is volunteers, or more specifically, those who serve in aCross Generations Worship arts.  We have the best volunteers! They give up early mornings and late late nights joyfully to serve in a church where we can't set up the worship space until late Thursday Night, and we often have to be broken down directly after the 10:30 service on Sunday-

Because of the 7:30 am Sunday morning service- volunteers begin arriving at 6:30am to rehearse and prepare, the chair set up team has already set up over 850chairs, and all of these volunteers are joyful in their service.  There are altar prayer partners, baptismal teams, deaf ministry, communion servers, ushers, artists, musicians, and chair set-up, not to mention the tech booth, live video operators.  I am so blessed to be able to work and serve with such an amazing team so dedicated to the service of Our Lord- so, on this Thanksgiving day, I want to thank everyone on the team! You are all amazingly....FANNNNNTASTC!!!!!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Campaigning with playdoh


Playdoh Video from Heather Baumbach on Vimeo.


So I have always harbored a secret passion for Harryhausen films... Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts etc...how fun that we had the opportunity to make a stop motion for our current campaign to convince people to come to our 7:30am service- this is the third in a series of short films on this topic! Enjoy-

Wednesday, October 1, 2008


Video Intro for aCross Generations Gathering from Heather Baumbach on Vimeo.


Check it out- some aG Arts team members just created and scored this to use as an introduction to our aCross Generations (contemporary) worship services, we will start using it this weekend.