Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Some Ideas for Commemorating 9/11

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    It’s that time of year again, so how might we begin to find a rhythm for commemorating 9/11 and/or the July London bombings? Perhaps, in our local communities, we could build huge bonfires, and all gather round them, faces glowing in the heat. We could make effigies of Bin Laden, or Mohammed Siddique Khan, and…

  • Signs of Life in the Churches

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    As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been really enjoying Roger Deakin’s meditation on trees ‘Wildwood‘. In one passage on ‘The Sacred Groves of Devon’, Deakin goes in search of the ‘Green Man‘ – the woodland spirit of rebirth often seen carved into beams in old churches – in various villages. He notes the…

  • Helvetica: The Movie

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    Just what everyone has been waiting for: a well kerned, beautifully cut doc about the world’s most ubiquitous greatest font. Helvetica. Showing at the ICA Anyone up for a pilgrimage? Technorati: Helvetica | ICA

  • Oiticica | The Mundanity of Beauty

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    I spent a wonderful afternoon at the Tate Modern on Monday, and caught the Oiticica exhibition. If you’re in London, I highly recommend it. I thought the curation was excellent: a full sense of progression in the artist’s ideas. In the case of Oiticica, whose native Brazil is so famous for it’s colour and flamboyance,…

  • Review from Bill Dahl at The Porpoise Diving Life

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    “One of the top 5 books I have read in 2007. You MUST read this book now. Trust me, this book will rearrange your soul! A tremendous contribution.” Bill Dahl, editor of The Porpoise Diving Life.

  • Hidden Trees and Weeds | The Interstitial Jesus

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    I have been reading, sitting quietly with, meditating on Richard Deakin’s wonderful book, Wildwood – A Journey Through Trees. Having previous written of his swims around England, this book is simply a series of reflections on the transformative power of this ‘fifth element’. Much of it is taken with stories of sleeping out in the…