Art

shortcut

Scandinavian artists Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset titled this piece “Short Cut.”  What do you see? peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen July 19, 2005September 30, 2022

Making Peace

Making Peace by Denise Levertov (1923-1997) A voice from the dark called out, “The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of disaster. Peace, not only the absence of war.” But peace, like a poem,

Dwight J. Friesen June 20, 2005May 7, 2022

pivotal art of the 20th C.

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp oil on canvas, 1912146 x 89 cmPhiladelphia Museum of Art Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen June 14, 2005October 3, 2022

happy birthday Lynette

On this day, the birthday of my life partner. I want offer a poem that makes me think of her every time I read, hear or even think of it. Its by the brilliant poet Billy Collins… whose work I

Dwight J. Friesen May 27, 2005September 20, 2022

tension

“Tension“ by dwight friesen part of the Will Mapel collection.

Dwight J. Friesen May 11, 2005January 15, 2021

meanwhile . . .

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.  You do not have to walk on your knees  for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.  You only have to let the soft animal of your body 

Dwight J. Friesen May 10, 2005December 11, 2020

broken

“Broken“ by dwight j. friesen

Dwight J. Friesen April 11, 2005January 15, 2021

embrac’d and open

Show Me, Dear Christ by John Donne Show me dear Christ, thy spouse so bright and clear. What! is it she which on the other shore Goes richly painted? or which, robb’d and tore, Laments and mourns in Germany and

Dwight J. Friesen March 28, 2005October 7, 2022

Psalm of Life

A Psalm of Life WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And

Dwight J. Friesen March 13, 2005May 11, 2022

solitude

“Solitude“ by dwight j. friesen The text reads: “For the secret of a man’s being is not only to live . . . but to live for something definite.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dwight J. Friesen March 11, 2005January 15, 2021

“Otherwise”

Otherwise By Jane Kenyon I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood.

Dwight J. Friesen February 27, 2005October 11, 2022

Korn off the Cob

Though I’m by no means a Korn groupie, I found it interesting when Mtv reported that one of the founding members of the band has left to start his own thing.  According to Korn’s website, guitarist, Brian Welch, “has chosen Jesus Christ

Dwight J. Friesen February 24, 2005November 19, 2020

Hands That Make Us (in two panels)

“hands that make us“ by dwight & lynette friesen & our siblings/nieces/nephews

Dwight J. Friesen February 11, 2005October 26, 2022

untitled too

Untitled Too by Lynette Friesen She stood on the side of the road In a dress of cut cardboard. She looked a bit in need of a bath and a warm cozy fire, But then so did I. An empty

Dwight J. Friesen January 30, 2005September 13, 2022

judges 19 & 20

This is one of the more powerful stories of the Hebrew bible.  If you haven’t read it in a while submit yourself to it allowing it to become part of you.  Judges 19 and 20 Last night, Lynette, Pascal and

Dwight J. Friesen January 29, 2005May 7, 2022

sea of faith

Sea of Faith by John Brehm (In The Southern Review) Once when I was teaching “Dover Beach” to a class of freshmen, a young woman raised her hand and said, “I’m confused about this ‘Sea of Faith.'” “Well,” I said,

Dwight J. Friesen December 29, 2004September 28, 2022

seeing what happens between colors

In the seemingly unending stack of theology papers I am privileged to be engaging, a quote from Albers’ Interaction of Color caught my heart… thanks Ed. “In musical compositions, so long as we hear merely single tones, we do not

Dwight J. Friesen December 22, 2004September 28, 2022

Great Poet Passes

Anthony Hecht who was one of America’s great poets, passed away this week.  Here is one of his many poems, click here to hear him read it. Chorus from Oedipus at Colonus by Anthony Hecht What is unwisdom but the

Dwight J. Friesen October 22, 2004September 14, 2022

God says yes to me

God Says Yes To Me by Kaylin Haught I asked God if it was okay to be melodramaticand she said yesI asked her if it was okay to be shortand she said it sure isI asked her if I could

Dwight J. Friesen October 14, 2004December 11, 2020

“but God”

but God by Dwight J. Friesen I walked I ran I put my headphones on I turned up the noise I flipped the channels I changed lanes I turned the page I sampled a taste I couldn’t sit still I

Dwight J. Friesen August 11, 2004September 13, 2022

in america

I have a three year-old at home, so I don’t go to movies like I used to, in fact without Netflix my life would have a film shaped void. So “In America” arrived and I must say, I loved it.

Dwight J. Friesen July 9, 2004August 31, 2022

Friendship

I am listening to a new CD by Peter Nelson, aka August Anchor, formerly of Kilmer. It’s a preview disc as the CD won’t be out for a few months. It is sooooo good! I haven’t been as excited about

Dwight J. Friesen May 24, 2004November 30, 2022

“Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam”

We moved to metro Seattle two years after the death of Kurt Cobain. I’ve often wished we’d been here to experience Seattle’s grunge era in all its glory. Sometimes it feels like there is a Cobain shaped void in the

Dwight J. Friesen April 5, 2004September 6, 2022

inspired

After watching the film, Pollock (2000), based on the life of artist Jackson Pollock, together with a group of friends, we pulled out paint and canvases and tried our hands at Pollock-esk art. Occasionally I’ve heard people say “anyone could

Dwight J. Friesen December 11, 2003October 24, 2022

“Fake Plastic Trees”

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead, on The Bends Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get

Dwight J. Friesen October 29, 2003September 5, 2022

Wildlands

Some exciting news, this weekend Lynette, Pascal, and I are heading up to the Vancouver International Film Festival. Lynette’s brother, Bevan, has a film called “Wildlands” that will be part of the festival (screenings on Monday and Thursday), and will

Dwight J. Friesen October 1, 2003November 18, 2022

Van Gogh & the developmental nature of Christ-commons

Van Gogh lifted the veil of our vision. He helped us to see dignity in the common person from coal miners to potato pickers. He lifted the veil of creation, and the common person from coal miners to potato pickers. He

Dwight J. Friesen June 7, 2003November 7, 2021

“Morning Poem”

Morning Poem by Mary Oliver Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks of the sun the heaped ashes of the night turn into leaves again and fasten themselves to the high branches– and the ponds appear like

Dwight J. Friesen April 28, 2003June 28, 2023

“Aimless Love”

Aimless Love by Billy Collins This morning as I walked along the lakeshore, I fell in love with a wren and later in the day with a mouse the cat had dropped under the dining room table. In the shadows

Dwight J. Friesen February 14, 2003January 11, 2023

“Hurt” by Johnny Cash

Hurt Covered by Johnny Cash, written by Michael Trent Reznor I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try

Dwight J. Friesen December 3, 2002November 7, 2021