Religion
Religious subjects have been the focal point for many an artwork over the past millennia. The posts below share a wide range of experiences and perspectives on religion and the interplay of faith, spirituality, ceremony and art—from baggage folks have grown up with to a powerful source of creative inspiration.

Modernize Your Sound & Mindset with Music Producer Nick Phelps
“A lot of people don’t understand that you can’t just pull out an old Casio keyboard and start making a beat and think that’s gonna compete,” says sync music producer Nick Phelps. “I wanna give people a fighting chance in the sync world. I wanna give people permission to stand out in their own way.”
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Circumstantially Free
“Zahra, where is that from…oh, did you know that Iraq invaded Kuwait?” “Yes, I was there.” He asked what my thoughts about the Taliban were, twice.
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Full Circle
The problem isn’t that our laws are flawed (even though they are). The problem is that we care only to the degree that it won’t be an inconvenience or mess with our comfort…or even worse, our narratives. This is our problem.
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Scale of Sexual Predation
We are close to something truly sprawling and ugly, so the big monsters are inundating us with lesser demons. In the spirit of keeping our attention on what’s really behind that flash flood, I created this Scale of Sexual Predation.
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Dear Little Bobby: ‘Bad Touch Uncle’ Creeps Me Out
If you are getting a “very creepy vibe” off this guy, if other women are saying he makes them “very uncomfortable,” if you are “scared for” your aunt, then what the hell are you waiting for? The Rapture? I would suggest that you immediately intervene.
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Dear Little Bobby: Hopeless for the Holidays
I cannot remain silent when someone says “We need to get rid of the damn Muslims!” I will not be silent if I hear a family member bash immigrants, particularly when the basher themselves is a grandchild of immigrants.
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The Wholeness of Things Making art from a place of personal truth and holistic identity
With this recent embrace that my work is in fact inspired from my personal experiences, it allows me to take the whole of my experiences as artist, mother, nature enthusiast and Buddhist and make them all one.
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Dear Little Bobby: Writing Against the Wind, and Rebel Rebel
Is getting published still a possibility these days?
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