CHARIS kai EIRENE

About Xαρις και Eιρηνη

Xαρις και Eιρηνη is a blog written from the perspective of a Lutheran student studying for the pastoral ministry. It's title means Grace and Peace, a common greeting in St. Paul's letters and I think, a two-word summary of what Jesus Christ has won for me.

Ephesians 2:4-5

Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

Romans 5:1-3

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.

Colossians 4:5-6

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Art.XV, 21

The Fathers had these reasons for maintaining the rites, and for these reasons we also judge it to be right that traditions [good customs] be maintained. And we [Lutherans] are greatly surprised that our adversaries, contrary to the entire Scriptures of the Apostles, contrary to the Old and New Testaments contend for another design of traditions, namely, that they may merit the remission of sins, grace, or justification.

2.25.2008

A Quick Post & Vladimir Kush

Well, I'm here for a quick post despite what I need to prepare for tomorrow and a biggun' paper... OK, a moderatun' paper... for Philosophy that's due soon. Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm alive, and all the better for it. Some good news, some bad. I cleaned out a "new" computer for my little brother, both digitally and physically. I ordered some RAM off eBay, which is an early birthday present, and I'll be putting that in as soon as it gets here. I'm working on an MLC Meet Math T-shirt (any ideas anyone?) for the club and a poster for MLC Forum's Barber of Seville. In the meantime, my own motherboard fried (long time coming) and I've been looking into a very cheap upgrade in that area, all while fixing one eye on the Seminary requirement that I own a laptop next year. But I do enjoy my desktop, and I want to keep it because of the versatility and life-span. (Laptops are generally rated for a 3-year life... Better get 'em cheap.)

Anyway, here's a little essay I wrote for Spanish class on my favorite living artist, Vladimir Kush. You can look at some of his awesome works here and here. If you must know what it says, but don't know a stitch of Spanish, use Google Translator.

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Como un aficionado de arte, es fácil a veces generalizar y decir que no hay arte hoy-en-día como era en generaciones pasado. En edades modernas, la significa e importancia de arte han sido muy discutido, y todos formas de artistas han tenido sus opiniones. Solamente hay que buscar en el Internet las palabras « cita » y « arte », y va a descubrir muchas definiciones por muchas artistas en que es arte. En mi opinión, arte es todo que es creado por hombres. Pero tengo la opinión también que hay que distinguir entre arte y arte: Hay ciertas artistas (particularmente, parece, modernos) que deben ser abandonado por los museos. El arte de Vladimir Kush no es uno.

Vladimir Kush fue nacido en Mosco, Rusia en 1965 y viva hoy en Las Ángeles, EEUU. El habla de la estilo de su arte como « Realismo Metafórico, » y muchas personas creen que el nombre es uno bueno. Aunque la influencia de artistas surrealistas como Salvador Dalí es generalmente la primera cosa que personas notan en su arte, hay muchos elementos que conectan Kush a realistas, así como los impresionistas.

Kush cita a Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, van Gogh, Durer, Schinkel, Vermeer, y Dali como influencias. Es interesante que el tiene tan largas intereses, pero el hecho sirve también como un atestación a la universalidad de sus obras. Generalmente, sus pinturas representan la pasión de los artistas del Renacimiento, el color brillante que es evidente en las obras de los impresionistas, y el realismo con respecto a forma y matizando del moviendo a fines del siglo veinte. Lo que es mas mejor es el hecho que Vladimir Kush viva hoy, y su trabajo no ha terminado - ¿Posible va a tener usted un oportunidad poseer su propio Vladimir Kush?

posted by LutheranStudent @ 23:20

1 Comments:

At February 26, 2008 10:18 AM, Karen said…

Hooray! You're alive! I was begining to wonder...
Beautiful 'pictures'. Must remember to get back to the site and look some more. Thanks for sharing !