Artrageous clip art
Well, it came again on Wednesday, just like it always does the middle of September. No, it wasn't the new phone book, or an unsolicited five pound zucchini. I didn't ask for it; I don't want it; but it comes anyway. "It" is the ChurchArtWorks catalog, featuring Artrageous Clip Art-- "INSANE. WACKY. BIZARRE. PERFECT FOR YOUTH MINISTRY! 100 hip images, rendered in an edgy style that promises to grab the eyeballs of every kid in the youth group."
Okay. Then what? What then? How do you transition from the dude with his head, well, impossibly between his legs, or the slanty-eyed pumpkin vomiting it's own guts, to the blessedness of the poor in spirit or Jesus the Good Shepherd? And can someone please tell me when "edginess" became a virtue? Or am I simply a COWD ?(Cranky old white dude) And when will beauty make it back on the radar screen of things valued by the Church? And when will we tire of doing ministry the ways the world does business?
posted by D Roller @ 4:46 PM
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3 Comments:
i hate clip art.
This subject is something I have been pondering for quite awhile. What is it about beautiful, pleasant, lovely things that has become so disdained by so many, especially young people?
This blog entry inspired me to write the latest entry on my blog, which you can read here. Thank you for this amusing, yet sadly true, post.
Keep up the good work.
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