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The Pattern of the Liturgy is a Model for Design in Beauty that Will Draw People To Your Work

In his book the Wellspring of Worship, Jean Corbon talks about the significance of the numbers seven and eight in the…

The rich artistic fruit of the spirituality of charity and poverty. Following the excellent feature introduced by Shawn Tribe – the Sacred Liturgy and the Apostolate - on how liturgy is the ‘indespensable’ source of momentum for increased charity and…

So, over at Aleteia this weekend I spent some time with Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain. Ultimately there were a few things which kept me from completely liking it, but I have to give the film its due. Bay has…

Here are some examples of geometric art produced by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. They are their first projects for my Way of Beauty class. They were asked to produce an octagonal tile pattern that was based…

Public Access to Farmland…in the San Francisco Bay Area

by David Clayton April 23, 2013

Holy cow! Its just like going for a walk in England! In my recent trip to California I decided to investigate the footpaths in the area. As usual, I tried to find the countryside that is the most beautiful –…

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SHORT FEATURE–CARGO

by David April 8, 2013

Just in case anybody out there is having Walking Dead withdrawals now that season 3 is over with, here’s a sweet (no, seriously) little zombie short to tide you over.

“In children we have a great charge committed to us.…

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GREAT, ANOTHER TWIT

by David March 23, 2013

Because what the world needs now is one more person on Twitter, I’ve decided to sign up and bore people with random movie quotes, instantaneous rants about whatever I’m watching, and other unnecessary things. Feel free to add me to…

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Video of Sculptor Andrew Wilson Smith at Clear Creek, Oklahoma

by David Clayton March 19, 2013

Here is small video of sculptor Andrew Wilson Smith who is currently working at Clear Creek monastery. I enjoyed seeing him work and the hints we got of the process by which he actually works. I also enjoyed the views…

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REWRITE: INDEPENDENCE DAY

by David March 5, 2013

It’s inevitable. After watching hundreds and hundreds of movies, you start to think to yourself, “I could do that. Why don’t I just write my own screenplay?” But after a bit more consideration, I just don’t think it would work.…

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Why Man Venerates Images of Angels, Even Though He is Higher than the Angels

by David Clayton March 1, 2013

From John of Damascus’s On the Divine Images
It is uncanny how often this sort of thing happens: if you read the Fathers, Scripture or the Liturgy, I find that just when I’m thinking about something I discover a passage…

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