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This “let’s see what happens” approach toward his research gives the novel a very unafraid attitude. Van Sciver is not professing to be a Mormon, so he has no fear of the LDS church should he learn something disturbing about their leader. And he is not claiming some totally anti-religious stance, so he has no […]
(ANALYSIS) If you’ve spent time on Facebook over the past six months, you may have noticed photorealistic images that are too good to be true: children holding paintings that look like the work of professional artists, or majestic log cabin interiors that are the stuff of Airbnb dreams. Others, such as renderings of Jesus made […]
(ANALYSIS) A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary exhibition of art outside the Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in Linz, Austria. The sculpture was controversial for its explicit depiction of birth; […]