Kester Brewin

Tag: Gift

  • On Music

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    This year’s Reith Lectures, to be broadcast shortly on the BBC, are to be given by Daniel Barenboim under the title ‘In the Beginning was Sound’. I’m hoping they live up to the excellent title, which reminded my of Claude Levi-Strauss’ Overture introduction to his seminal work on myths The Raw and The Cooked, which…

  • Pay per View | Poverty is an Expensive Business | Grace

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    In a landmark government ruling today, a British utility company has won the right to compel their customers to have water meters installed. It’s probably a good thing, as their use tends to encourage less use, and the UK – with the south east in particular is facing a huge drought this summer. What interests…

  • Is The Need to Create the Same as the Need to Save?

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    So asks Damnflanderz with his usual perception, responding to the post on Grizzly Man. Thoughts? I’d say there’s some truth. But perhaps the need to create is the need to be saved? Do we create to sanctify, or create to be sanctified? Or is sanctification not part of it? “Where there is no gift, there…

  • St Paul’s Cathedral To Become Café Church Shock

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    OK, that’s not quite true, but they’ve been turned down for a Lottery grant… for being ‘too exclusive’ and been told they ‘must attract attract new audiences.’ The Baker head-hunt from CMS “Café Mission Society” starts here. More troublingly, what’s the centre-piece of a £4.5billion rich organization doing going cap in hand to the Lottery…

  • End of the Original: Old Masters vs Artists of the Digital

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    "The dominance of the art market – not to mention the art object – is being challenged by hackers, code warriors, and artistically motivated nerds who prefer networks, websites, and $19.95 posters to glitzy shows and art-star fame." Thus begins the article ‘My Art World is Bigger Than Your Art World’ in December’s issue of…

  • Ode To Joseph

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    Joseph is one of those characters that has always intrigued me. His is an apparently strange story in the nativity, and we hear little, if anything about him afterwards. But behind the scenes he is quite an extraordinary figure. He is engaged to Mary, probably about 14 or so. Who gets pregnant. What the?!! And…