Looking Closer
That’s my question in my latest article at Image’s Good Letters blog. (more…) Read more
That’s my question in my latest article at Image’s Good Letters blog. (more…) Read more
Reporter Bekah Grim of The Washington Times wanted to know why I don’t get excited about “Christian movies.” So I took a long, deep breath, tried to remain calm, tried to avoid R-rated language, and I told her. (more…) Read more
My review of Avatar is published at Image journal. (more…) Read more
This review of Avatar was originally published at Image. Also recommended: Steven Greydanus’s review at Decent Films. – If you didn’t have one, you had a friend who did: The Big Toybox. You know the one I mean: A wooden crate like the Ark of the Covenant, full of mystery and revelation. Opened and overturned, it set loose a tidal wave of miscellaneous pieces from a hundred different worlds spilled across the floor. Building blocks, LEGOs, Tinkertoys, adventure sets, action figures, pieces... Read more
I’m moving… (more…) Read more
The adventure continues… Once in a while, chapters require several rewrites. But once in a while, they happen so easily that it’s like I’m watching a movie and describing what I’m shown. This chapter was like a movie in my head. Maybe a filmmaker will make it happen someday. For now, all I can offer is the chapter I wrote. Here are My Top 5 Confessions About Auralia’s Colors, Chapter 6 – Summoner and Stranger (more…) Read more
Okay, it’s official: My life has become too busy for me to be a responsible blogger. Let me try to make it up to you in the next couple of weeks, with a new video blog, my list of Favorite Films of 2009 (the Premature Version), my list of Favorite Recordings of 2009 (almost ready!), more Auralia’s Colors confessions, sneak previews of Raven’s Ladder, and a marathon of interesting links. Oh, keep an eye on Imagejournal.org. Friday, my review of... Read more
He’s small, he’s quiet, and he lives with a painful mystery. Here are my Top 5 Confessions About Auralia’s Colors, Chapter 5 – The Ale Boy (more…) Read more
You’re invited to join me tonight at Elliott Bay Book Company for a very special reading and booksigning. Robert Clark, Madeline DeFrees, Luci Shaw, Gregory Wolfe, and Mary Kenagy Mitchell will be reading from and signing copies of Bearing the Mystery: 20 Years of Image. Here are the details: (more…) Read more
Tom Waits as the voice of Smaug the Dragon in “The Hobbit”? (more…) Read more
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