I often thought that this little poem was too good to be buried in the song that it was buried in. I often thought that Rich Mullins wrote all the extra words just to make it song length. So I am extracting it from the song and making it poem of the week.

Sometimes I think of Abraham
How one star he saw had been lit for me
He was a stranger in this land
And I am that, no less than he
And on this road to righteousness
Sometimes the climb can be so steep
I may falter in my steps
But never beyond Your reach

I just got my first issue of Vogue Knitting. It’s hard to know what kind of a magazine it really is, because this is their 25th Anniversary issue, and all magazines are a “different” for their anniversary issues. Although in some ways it felt more like a really big source book (it’s the only magazine Click Here to continue reading.

This week’s poem of the week is a poem that Joel Dueck put out with an invention to interpret. Give it your best shot.

The Ethereal Voice has not highlighted an essay simply because it was written well for a long time. This week we figured we would rectify that that by highlighting this essay from Scully’s blog.

I hate architecture that deliberately sets out to defy gravity. For one thing, gravity has a tendency to win.
But that is really just a side issue. After all, gravity will eventually pull any building to the ground. But I still don’t derive any pleasure from seeing buildings challenge their ultimate fate. They just seem Click Here to continue reading.

Almost everytime I read a modern critique of art or someone explaining a modern work of art, I think of this poem.

In this rant, Andrew Cusack argues that architects hate us and he provides evidence to back up his claim. Myself, I am not sure if they hate us or if they are so evil they just can’t tell the difference between good and bad.

I am sometimes a little afraid of sounding a bit like a broken record. But it’s been more than a year since I did a post like this, so I think I can comment on Thursdays (Sept. 13, 2007) WSJ article, “Shunning the Runway at Fashion Week”. I have long felt that my interest in Click Here to continue reading.

We have gone from this….

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And this….

Click here for the picture in its original glory. It broke my heart to cut it down to reasonable size.

To this….

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Part of the blame for this decline lies with the architects. But the biggest problem is that there are not that many skilled tradesmen left. And without skilled tradesmen, it is hard to make fine buildings.

I am deeply indebted to the above photographers for putting their work out on a creative commons license. Also check out Curious Expeditions awesome collection of photos of beautiful libraries (h/t Marginal Revolution).