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Interview with Photographer Lily Phan
How did you get started in photography? Lily: I stumbled onto photography while doing an independent research trip in the Balkans in 2001 with my first point and shoot digital. Then with the thought of reporting future trips using pictures, I enrolled in a couple of photo classes at Santa Monica College. I didn’t stop […]
Interview with Screenwriter Brian Godawa
How did you get started as a screenwriter? Brian: I started pursuing screenwriting well over fifteen years ago. I am “self taught.” I didn’t study screenwriting in college or go to film school. I was actually trained in the fine arts and pursued graphic design for many years while I learned about screenwriting on the […]
Interview with Graphic Designer Lynda Jakovich
When did you get started in graphic design? Lynda: I got my start over 20 years ago at a small trade publication where I was trained in paste-up and production. What equipment/programs do you use? Lynda: Macs. Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, InDesign, and last but not least, pencil and paper. What other types of art […]
Interview with Actor Jeff Austin
How did you get started as an actor? Jeff: Back in Jr. High I needed an elective to fill out my class schedule. I saw the word “Drama” on the class list and had to ask a friend what it meant. He said, “I think you do plays in the auditorium.” I thought it sounded […]
Power of Beauty
A few months ago I spoke at the headquarters for the largest non-profit in the world, World Vision International. As I spoke in their chapel, I challenged them to consider the role that beauty and art play when God transforms entire cultures. I showed them the often overlooked passages of scripture which make this clear […]
Narcissism & Hollywood
So Hollywood is narcissistic? Tell me something I don’t know, right? Well, though we live here in Los Angeles, and we see our share of fantastically ridiculous behavior, I was recently surprised and grieved to learn more about the narcissism in this city and how it is effecting our culture at large. Now, I must […]
God’s Imagination & the Incarnation
“The Word became Flesh” –John 1:14 “We cannot begin to live a life we cannot first imagine, and images stock the imagination’s repertoire.” –Margaret Miles, Seeing is Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies. If God has an imagination, then Christ in human form is the ultimate expression of that imagination, and the incarnation itself […]
Arts, Humanity and Christianity
In Matthew 26, there is a surprising passage where a woman named Mary broke an alabaster jar and poured perfume on Jesus’ feet as a way to express her humility and devotion. Jesus said it was beautiful, because this expression of her love for God was extravagant, elegant and shared no concern for what others […]
Forgiveness in Hollywood
How do you ask a room full of executives, actors, writers and producers expecting humor to forgive someone of an offense? That was exactly what happened recently at the Cinematheque Award Ceremony when Robert Downey Jr. received the prestigious honor.During Downey Jr.’s acceptance speech, he said. “I asked Mel to present this award for me […]