[Worship] Here's some mud to throw against the wall....oh and would that be "ART"?

[Peg Clifford]

Off the top of my head...

It's Art month?

What is art.....I have a story....a couple of years ago I submitted a poem
to The Riverside Artists Gallery....it was selected by some artist to
inspire a work of art.   I was thrilled....they have the art show and
poetry reading and I see the art work that was inspired by my poem......I'm
totally clueless some weird abstract dark thing....I can't imagine what it
has to do with my poem.

I have a friend who loves the poem....the poem is called Capernaum.  She
and her husband visit Israel and go to Capernaum.

She takes a picture of the remains of the synogogue there...She
superimposes a copy of my poem (It's only 3 lines) on the photo, puts it in
a beautiful frame and sends it to me as a present.   I hang it in my dining
room.

Fast forward 3 or 4 years.  I get to know Geoff Schenkel.   He and his wife
Alice come to my house for dinner.  Geoff excuses himself to go to the
bathroom...as he passes the picture he turns and says,  "I KNOW THAT
POEM.".....What ? I say...I don't think it''s been published
anywhere.....he tells me that HE is the artist that choose my poem at the
Riverside Artist's Gallery.....I start laughing and explain how I saw the
picture and was totally clueless.....


So why do we celebrate art?  What is art?   Geoff Schenkel can speak to
this...

What is poetry??? Who the heck knows.

LINK TO EKPHRASIS   (poetry about art)...

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/alycia-zimmerman/ekphrasis-poetry-about-art/

"*Ekphrasis* is writing about any art form, but in its modern usage,
ekphrasis generally refers to poetry that reflects on visual art, and most
often painting."


I'm sure there's lots of poems about art.

Music possibilities  From ART WORLD
Art World <https://news.artnet.com/art-world>
See 10 Songs Every Art Lover Should Know

Add these art-inspired tunes to your next playlist.
link:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/music-for-art-lovers-548078


Lots of cool quotes from Picasso....and elswhere....Banksy is soooooo cool


This is one of Banksy's early and most famous works....what's it got to do
with UUism.....there is an essay.





*"...indifference to evil is worse than evil itself,*
*that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible. "*

                               Abraham Joshua Heschel

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Martha McGovern via Worship <
worship at fuusm.org> wrote:

> Hi, Folks --
>
> Several issues are making re-thinking of our May service schedule
> necessary:
> 1.  Charleston may need to use us as a neutral pulpit as they continue
> their search for a minister.
> 2.  The "People's State of the Union" readers theatre doesn't lend itself
> to easy adjustment and, probably, would be better in the July 1 or July 8
> spot.
> 3.  In addition, Jane Tumas-Serna will be busy enough with overall
> coordination of the May display of art.
>
> SO -- to keep ourselves flexible, we need to identify a different program
> for May 20.
> Please share any ideas you have for topics or speakers.
> KAT -- please share your developing ideas for the other Sundays so that we
> can be in coordination.
>
> Martha McG
>
>
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