I can't think of a year that's been more acutely connected to the themes, language and practice of Advent. 2020 has been hard. It has been a year of isolation, full of murmurs, outcries, outrage and conspiracies. And of course... Covid. We've all been inundated with a constant white noise of information... a flood of truth and untruth and sort-of truth and outright lies. In an attempt to neatly sum... more

There is beauty in this world that's so stunning there is pain in the beholding of it. Beauty that makes my eyes leak and my knees quiver. More often than not this beauty is clutched and shaped in the fire of suffering.

A few kilometres south of where we live is a region of rolling hills and (mostly) sleepy rivers, marshes and lakes. It's hard to imagine that... more

Whatʼs at stake in your art? How important is your imagination? Whatʼs on the line when you put paint to canvas or put pen to paper? When you pick up an instrument or project images on a screen or engage in whatever other creative discipline you use to bring your imagination to life, whatʼs at stake?

How important is the work of imagination, really? What are the consequences of quitting? If you lay... more