The Fourth Heaven

"The Fourth Heaven" is a reference to the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri. In "Paradiso" (Cantos X-XIV), the Fourth Heaven is the sphere of the Theologians and Fathers of the Church. I would not presume to place myself on the same level as those greats, but I am interested in philosophy and theology; so the reference fits. I started this blog back in 2005 and it has basically served as a repository for my thoughts and musings on a wide variety of topics.

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I am currently a graduate student in philosophy, doing research on theories of moral motivation and moral reasons. I'm also interested in topics in the philosophy of science--especially theories of explanation--and would like to become better acquainted with the writings of Kierkegaard, Husserl, and Heidegger. I am currently a member of the Free Methodist Church, have a broadly Evangelical Christian background, and am learning to better appreciate that tradition and heritage. I have a growing interest in historical and systematic theology (especially the doctrine of the Trinity and soteriology) and church history. I'm always thrilled when I get the chance to teach or preach. I like drawing, painting, and calligraphy. I really enjoy Victorian novels and I think "Middlemarch" is my favorite. I'm working on relearning how to be a really thoughtful and perceptive reader. I enjoy hiking and weight training, the "Marx Brothers", and "Pinky and the Brain".

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Master 235: Ann & Voskamp, Part 1

So this is my latest art project. I'm officially blaming Matt, Christy, and Kate for inspiring it. Basically I'm designing the cover of a graphic novel for a story (unwritten, and probably never to be written) entitled Ann and Voskamp. At this point it's still a bit of an inside joke. I'll explain in later posts just how the idea came about.

The point of this couple of posts is to chronicle the production of this piece through its various parts. (I didn't mean for that to be alliterative, but was compelled by the end to replace "stages" with "parts".) I absolutely love it when an idea grabs my imagination and moves me to draw and paint. I absolutely love it.























































As indicated on the cover-page, my profuse apologies to the author of One Thousand Gifts.

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God is in this place,
And that reality, seen and understood by the grace of God in Christ Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit, makes all the difference in the world.

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