When Good People Makes Bad Films

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September 23rd, 2010

The critically acclaimed and greatly anticipated (by myself and Maryann) film “Me and Orson Welles” by Richard Linklater proved one of the biggest film disappointments since, well…it was one of the most colossal movie let-downs in recent memory. Since I find it ultimately undeserving of a review, here instead are quotes from mine and Maryann’s [...]

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Oh How I’ll Miss His Elegant Handwriting

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August 15th, 2010

Reunited for one magical summer (which is about to come to an end), Ian & I have been bar-brainstorming- both for cocktails, inventory, menus, everything. Basically, we need to open a bar together. We could call it popCULTURE and it could be a cocktail bar/dvd&comic book retail store. What do you think Ian? But for [...]

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Narrative Cocktails

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July 26th, 2010

Time for another round up of Intiman Theatre’s specialty cocktails, some from last season and some we’re serving right now. I created a lot of these. I did not create the cute little quotes. Try these at home. The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion The Gin Didion – A mature, refreshing drink with [...]

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Kj’s Corner: Mythopoeia, Monsters and Jesus Oh My!

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July 23rd, 2010

For my second Kj’s Corner in “Theology & the Artistic Impulse” I explored the concept of Mythopoeia as described primarily by George MacDonald, JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis. For part of the lecture, (screenshots below) I also used a scene from the documentary Monster Camp (see the trailer below) and the preview for the documentary [...]

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Kj’s Corner: Real Presences & Adaptation

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June 19th, 2010

This summer I had the opportunity to serve as research assistant to Dr. Chelle Stearns for her course on “Theology & the Artistic Impulse.” This meant I got to give two lectures on the class material. (At MHGS we don’t use student TA’s due to dual relationship concerns- so research assistant is a kind of [...]

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Do You Remember?: Exile, Identity and Prince Caspian

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May 30th, 2010

For the C.S. Lewis class, four of us did a presentation on Prince Caspian. We focused on the novel’s theme of exile and return, viewed through the lens of Isaiah. Since I first read the book in 1999, I’ve been haunted by the image of the Penvensie children wandering around the ruins of a castle [...]

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Of Mice and Meals

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May 7th, 2010

Redwall by Brian Jacques My rating: 3 of 5 stars Continuing in my process of reading books for young people that I neither read nor heard of as a young person, I’ve started the Redwall series. Actually, my friend Tucker holds Mossflower as one of the most influential books in his life, and I want [...]

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We’re On The InterWebs!

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April 27th, 2010

Here’s my 9 & 1/2 minutes on my Twilight & Evangelical culture research. Click here or on the links below to see more MHGS MDiv Integrative Project Presentations. MDiv Integrative Projects – Kj Swanson from Mars Hill Graduate School on Vimeo.

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And She Took All These Things And Pondered Them In Her Heart

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April 8th, 2010

Thanks friends.

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Today

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April 7th, 2010

I’m giving my 8 minute intro/overview of my Twilight paper at MHGS. Quite a few people have asked to read the paper. I’m happy to email a copy to anyone who’s interested. Just let me know where to send it. Cheers, Kj

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