I have been away from my blog, and my home, for several weeks over the Christmas period and am still playing catchup with my thoughts so have blogged little. BUT, I came across this new blog and thought I might pass on the info to whomsoever I can. It is a group of folks who are aiming to read through Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics (all 9000 or so pages) in two years - reading roughly 15 pages per day and having Sundays to recover. Go here to read their daily comments on the reading, and here for the reading calendar so you too can join the fun. I have read the CD once before cover to cover, and another time without the small print (which I now know is the best bit!) but thought I might attempt to read along for the craic...
Today I have had quite a cultured day: we had a family trip down to the Tate Gallery at Liverpool's Albert Dock. It was a welcome relief after a long and difficult week. One of the exhibits at the gallery got me thinking - as I guess art should - and also got me chuckling. Finally it got me theologizing. The exhibit was this: It is, as you can see, a series of floor tiles laid out in a square pattern. It's called "144 Magnesium Square" by American artist Carl Andre (b.1935). If you are thinking that there must be more to it, you are wrong. That's it. Tiles laid out and cemented to the floor (not exactly very well either - my dad, who is a professional tiler, would not be pleased). And that's what got me thinking and chuckling. The inevitable question to ask when you witness something as plain and ordinary as floor tiles is "is this art?" For many people viewing the exhibit alongside me today, it plainly wasn't: they were saying so quite aud...
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