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January 03, 2008
Yet More Randomness!
I thought I would have more profound thoughts going into the new year, but instead I've hit the ground running and have my brain thoroughly immersed in artistic ventures. My first order of business is to get my shit together for the Union Street Gallery juried show deadline coming up.
Second, I wanted to mention a local artist I've had the opportunity to meet lately. He's actually a law student, but has suddenly found a lot of success with his artwork, which is really fantastic. I bring you Justin Vining. And he's just as excited about the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Art Institute as I am. I may wait until March to go, so I can see the Ed Ruscha show at the same time.
In other news, Skepchick posted a great link yesterday about why atheists are so angry and I found myself agreeing with every word of it. I'm still really struggling to decide what I think about the New Atheist movement, and really enjoyed this article in last month's Harper's, which talks about the difference between Secularism and Secularization and why Secular Humanism owes such a debt to the culture of Christianity. I still can't get past my feeling that any non-theist movement is doomed to fail if it sets itself up as an intellectual movement, which I think a lot of great atheist thinkers are unwittingly doing. But any time you have people who are (and yes, we are) oppressed, the first step of "coming out" is bound to have to do with announcing your presence and fighting for your identity (and being righteously angry). I'm not sure, however, that demanding the end of religion is a feasible strategy at this point. But anyway, read Greta Christina's post.
I apologize for the lack of Christmas Vacation content. I was hoping Adam would cover our Tucson road trip, and this weekend I swear I'll get the Lilybug site updated with some new photos. We actually don't HAVE all the photos yet, as I'm awaiting a CD full from Nana and Papa.
Posted by mwashburn at January 3, 2008 07:01 AMPosted to Arts and Culture | Skepticism
Comments
I agree with a lot of things she wrote. Thanks for linking to it! It makes me angry that people have to constantly defend their beliefs. Atheists have every right to believe or perhaps more appropriately not believe in whatever they choose. It does not make them anything else than a person with a different viewpoint and it's discouraging and infuriating that these zealots don't get that. Makes me crazy. And I'm not even an atheist!
Posted by: Carol at January 3, 2008 12:38 PM