2024-04-18 03:24
One time during an interview for an online ESL teaching job, I was told to market myself as an expert so that students would want to take my classes.
Now, I understand that the internet i… Read More
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2024-04-11 03:18
In the Bible, there is a recurring theme that God often favors the humble — those rejected by society and lower class people who have menial jobs. On the other hand, members of the upp… Read More
2024-03-28 02:52
The age of artificial intelligence has arrived. Yet instead of taking over mundane tasks such as grocery shopping and doing the dishes, robots are generating essays and discussing the meanin… Read More
2024-03-13 21:32
In recent years there has been a movement of “King James Only” Bible purists. They claim that the KJV is the only legit version of the Bible, and all others are corrupt. Accordin… Read More
2024-03-07 03:45
What we need more of in this world isn’t new technology, entertainment, or convenience — things that postmodern people tend to value. What we desperately need is more compassion… Read More
2024-02-28 22:12
You have an important place in the world, regardless of what society and your parents told you. Some people work with steel and concrete, others with numbers and data charts, but you work wi… Read More
2024-02-15 03:22
Since the early 20th century, Western civilization has been going downhill. This degeneration is apparent in all social institutions, from education to science to art, which reflects the hea… Read More
2024-02-08 02:51
Many people believe we are born inherently creative, but then society sucks that out of us through the formal education system and industrialized workplace. Children who haven’t yet le… Read More
2023-08-23 21:50
Among Christians, there are three main viewpoints about how God created the world. Whichever viewpoint one holds is not essential to salvation, but only one can be correct, and the Bible ins… Read More
2023-08-16 22:42
As an artist I am driven to create original work, but sometimes I wonder if that is even possible. There’s nothing new under the sun, after all. Whenever an idea strikes me, I find tha… Read More
2023-07-26 22:34
One aspect of Broadway shows that fascinates me is the repetition of melodic themes throughout the plays. Andrew Lloyd Webber in particular is known to preview all of a play’s songs at… Read More
2023-07-20 03:45
Though Marshall McLuhan is one of my favorite writers, there is much I dislike about him, and many of his ideas I disagree with.
His work is good, but in small dosages. His schizophrenic… Read More
2023-07-13 03:14
Disregard the advice to treat the creation of art as a job that must be done regardless of one’s mood. Disregard the idea that quantity is more important than quality. Art is not meant… Read More
2023-07-06 00:14
As Marshall McLuhan mused.
Like McLuhan, I am a person of the literary culture that is based upon the printed word — namely books. Though I grew up in the electronic age, books inte… Read More
2023-07-01 00:20
Art must have a purpose.
The purposeless belongs to the realm of confusion and darkness.
Ideas change reality.
The artist begins with an idea. The idea is then translated to a paint… Read More
2023-06-21 22:04
One of Satan’s favorite lies is to tell us that we are unoriginal, unimportant, and that we have nothing of value to contribute. He tells us, “This has been done before,” o… Read More
2023-06-14 18:21
The other day I found this old parody of The Five Chinese Brothers that I wrote in high school. Obviously I was quite passionate about the legalization of marijuana. Please pardon the politi… Read More
2023-06-07 23:56
From a very young age, children in the United States are now being indoctrinated to believe that they can choose their gender, humans evolved from animals, and vaccines are 100% virt… Read More
2023-05-24 19:20
In the Bible, the clans of people in Israel are written about in depth before the land is described. This implies that the people are more important to God than the land — which probab… Read More
2023-05-17 19:29
God is the God Who Hears; indeed, He hears and answers prayer.
He answers prayer not according to people’s will or timing, but according to His divine will and perfect timing.
Pe… Read More
2023-05-11 03:40
Though I have loved art since childhood, I have pondered this question from time to time. Unlike other endeavors such as medicine and engineering, art has no obvious, tangible benefi… Read More
2023-05-04 03:48
Academics are often stereotyped as out of touch, living in the ivory tower, far removed from the toil and trouble of the “real world.” No doubt there is some truth to tha… Read More
2023-04-26 20:20
As society is becoming more evil, people are also becoming less intelligent. True intelligence, which belies productive innovation and creativity, is a divine quality. As people lose touch w… Read More
2023-04-12 20:03
When citing Scriptures that describe what people are like in the end time, pastors often quote 2 Timothy: “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive… Read More
2023-04-06 16:28
Before I became a Christian, I asked the same question many atheists do: if every religion claims to be the one true way to God, how am I supposed to know which one is correct? Dismissing al… Read More
2023-02-16 06:42
Though I think socialism would be a good idea in a perfect world, and indeed I imagine God’s economy to be a type of socialism, the version of “socialism” (which is really… Read More
2023-02-02 05:14
Apparently the most popular post on my blog is “Yuki x Machi: An (Over)analysis.”
Most readers disagree with my analysis, I am sure, though there has always been a minority of… Read More
2023-01-27 19:41
That is the question…and the answer is yes.
People have begun to realize that higher education is an impractical, elitist waste of time…a scam that entraps naive teenagers i… Read More
2023-01-19 03:15
Teaching brings me outside of myself. That’s why I chose this profession rather than something art related. Though I took awhile to warm up to teaching, I love my career now. In fact… Read More
2023-01-05 04:06
Creating quality work takes time, so I must be patient. The internet has shortened our attention spans, making us accustomed to instant gratification. Tasks such as online shopping and watch… Read More
2022-12-22 05:19
Art is a type of spiritual fruit. Therefore, as a Christian, my art ought to reflect the fruit of the Spirit. That is: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentlenes… Read More
2022-12-08 05:52
People often hypothetically ask the question, “What would you take from your house if you quickly had to escape from a fire?” Well, I found out what I would take because I wa… Read More
2022-12-01 04:08
Morning light makes me nostalgic, but I find LED light dehumanizing.
Ironically, the light of midday makes me sleepy, while the light of morning and dusk energize me.
Fav… Read More
2022-11-25 17:32
When seasons change and oceans rage from low to rising tide,
through everything I promise to be always by your side Read More
2022-11-14 03:32
Mike Hanski quoted me in his article “Why Students Cheat: 10 Reasons Some Teachers Ignore.”
Academic plagiarism is the Achilles heel of most educators, and the “why s… Read More
2022-09-30 20:40
In past entries I’ve pointed out the difference between works of art created by Christians and pagans. Superficially, pagan works appear superior, and Christian works seem humble by co… Read More
2022-09-16 23:22
An essential aspect of humanity is the impulse to seek meaning in our lives, and one of the ways we do that is by asking, “What is my purpose?”
Often this centers around the o… Read More
2022-09-08 01:22
Jumping on the bandwagon of every new trend is foolish, no doubt, but so is stubbornly clinging to the past. Newer isn’t always better, but what is old isn’t always better either… Read More
2022-08-25 05:30
We live in a highly materialistic culture, concerning ourselves with what we can see, touch, and directly experience…yet ideas are what truly make the world go around.
Because of o… Read More
2022-08-04 03:16
Since anything can be called “art” these days, anyone can claim to be an artist. There’s no distinction between the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, the master… Read More
2022-07-28 23:01
Though usually I have a burning motivation in my heart toward my work, sometimes I also feel burned out. Every line of work is like that, even the “fun ones” such as art and writ… Read More
2022-07-22 02:43
Some people have a certain charisma that attracts others, and this can be dangerous.
Like artistic talent, charisma does not always originate from a positive spiritual source. There ar… Read More
2022-07-06 18:30
The word inspire originates from the Latin word inspirare, which means breathe. Originally, the word was used to describe the impartation of a supernatural being, such as when God breathed u… Read More
2022-06-29 18:34
There is a compassion famine in the world today. Natural affection is waning. The hearts of many have become cold.
Maybe people spend too much time curating their social media profiles an… Read More
2022-06-23 02:14
During my morning walk, I saw a man in a wheelchair invite his neighbor to pick oranges from his yard for free.
The neighbor said, “I have to go to work.”
The man in the wh… Read More
2022-06-17 01:54
An uncluttered environment is conducive to having a sound mind. Maybe that’s why monasteries are kept so sparse. A Christian shouldn’t be a materialist, because the philosophies… Read More
2022-06-09 01:19
The term “woke” has been hijacked. Originating from the African American community, being woke once meant seeing through the mass media’s propaganda and lies. But that chan… Read More
2022-05-12 03:00
A career doesn’t define me….A secure identity in Christ does. Yet what I do is still an important facet of who I am. What we do and what we create reflects who we are.
Purpos… Read More
2022-05-05 22:35
Clarisse McClellan is one of my favorite fictional characters, second only to Jean Valjean…just because JVJ is more human, I think. Yet I still really like Clarisse. She’s so pu… Read More
2022-04-27 23:34
Artists, writers, and creative people of all sorts are often encouraged to find their own unique style, to distinguish their work from everyone else’s…but how does one go about… Read More
2022-04-20 23:08
An analysis of the work of Thomas Hardy, a Victorian writer who is not considered modernist, may further reveal the differences between modern and traditional writing styles.
For examp… Read More
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