http://www.afan.uk.net/theme/art The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-creativity <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style><span style="font-size: medium"> </span> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"> <span style="font-size: medium"></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium">What the use of Art?<br /> <br /> Should we make images of our Gods? </span><span style="font-size: medium"><br /> <br /> Can religious beliefs inspire Art? </span><span style="font-size: medium"><br /> <br /> And non-religious belief? </span><span style="font-size: medium"><br /> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-creativity">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-creativity#comments Art Art and creativity Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:25:16 +0000 afan 3185 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/kilian-martin-skate-illustration <p> A beautiful video combining art and Skateboarding. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pd3TlkitmAk&amp;feature=share" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pd3TlkitmAk&amp;feature=share" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </p> <p> What is the most beautiful thing you have seen today.  </p> <p> What inspire you to challenge yourself. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/kilian-martin-skate-illustration#comments Art Body-Health-Diet Diversity Identity well-being General Music/songs Visuals Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:33:38 +0000 Amaranatho 3125 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/reflection-holy-week-2-body-nails <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMICHAE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMICHAE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso" rel="Edit-Time-Data" /> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:u <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/reflection-holy-week-2-body-nails">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/reflection-holy-week-2-body-nails#comments Art Christian Death Festivals Spirituality worship Blog Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:20:01 +0000 Mike Ward 3065 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/consumerism/man-no-island <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZrDxe9gK8Gk" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZrDxe9gK8Gk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </div> <div align="center">   </div> <div align="center"> Mankind is no island' is a film shot entirely on a cell phone, using found signage on the streets of NY and Sydney to tell a touching story from the very heart of two cities. </div> <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/consumerism/man-no-island">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/consumerism/man-no-island#comments Art Community Cohesion Compassion Consumerism Diversity Freedom Identity Morality Social Action wisdom General Visuals Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:35:00 +0000 Amaranatho 3061 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/little-green-stick <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMICHAE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui> </obj <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/little-green-stick">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/afanblog/little-green-stick#comments Art Christian Church Happiness Love wisdom General Blog Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:51:17 +0000 Mike Ward 3051 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/beautiful-minds-stephen-wiltshire-draws-rome-3-minutes-video <p> <b>Beautiful Minds: Stephen Wiltshire</b> </p> <p> A young artist from an inner-city backgound, diagnosed autistic, with the most amazing talent, draws a totally accurate picture of Rome in 3 minutes. </p> <p>  <a href="/">http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2MBBxU  </a> </p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/beautiful-minds-stephen-wiltshire-draws-rome-3-minutes-video#comments Art Equality Young People General Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:25:47 +0000 Alan Murray 3046 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/young-people/put-down-guns-and-picky-hankys-moriss-dancing-back <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pWunh78VT90" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pWunh78VT90" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> <h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span id="eow-title" dir="ltr" title="Morris Dancing with Dizzee Rascal">Morris Dancing with Dizzee Rascal </span></h1> </div> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/young-people/put-down-guns-and-picky-hankys-moriss-dancing-back#comments Art Community Cohesion Creativity Diversity Humour Religion Ritual Young People General Visuals Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:13:08 +0000 Amaranatho 2887 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/list-names-random-exercise-identity-and-community <p> Artist Douglas Gordon has created a powerful &quot;ongoing&quot; piece of modern art for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art - a canvas upon which he has written the names of every person he has ever met (whose names he can remember). Each year, he returns to add more names... </p> <p> The list is not as vast as you might imagine, at just over 2,000 names. </p> <p> As an exercise, you could try to write down the names of those people you have met in the last year - how many would that be? </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/list-names-random-exercise-identity-and-community">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/list-names-random-exercise-identity-and-community#comments Art Community Identity General Student Activity Visuals Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:42:01 +0000 Mike Ward 2876 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creation/robert-crumbs-genesis <p> US cartoonist Robert Crumb has announced the completion of his long-awaited take on the Book of Genesis, an illustrated rendering of the first 50 chapters of the Bible. The controversial take on the Bible comes with a recommendation it should be read with adult supervision. Despite the promised rape and murder, these extraxts are i think suitable for any group! </p> <p>  <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2009/oct/23/robert-crumb-art?picture=354672312">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2009/oct/23/robert-crumb-art?picture=354672312</a>  </p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creation/robert-crumbs-genesis#comments Art Belief Christian Creation Jewish Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:13:46 +0000 Alan Murray 2684 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/fun-theorycom <p> This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.thefuntheory.com/" title="http://www.thefuntheory.com/">http://www.thefuntheory.com/</a> </p> <p>  What woudl you do for fun to change the world? </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/fun-theorycom">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/fun-theorycom#comments Art Care of the Earth Creativity Social Action General Video Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:58:30 +0000 Amaranatho 2614 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/what-buddhist-shrine <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rwrQfaxyDRY" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rwrQfaxyDRY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </div> <div align="center">   </div> <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N1Ea4Kf2aNA" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N1Ea4Kf2aNA" type="app <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/what-buddhist-shrine">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/what-buddhist-shrine#comments Art Buddhist Contemplation Creativity meditation Ritual Video Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:03:33 +0000 Amaranatho 2612 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/butterfly-circus-great-video-about-change <p> <a href="http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744ac68" title="http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744ac68">http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/film/?film=4dd298f102c77b625cf37a9e7744a...</a> (full film here) </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/butterfly-circus-great-video-about-change">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/identity/butterfly-circus-great-video-about-change#comments Art Body-Health-Diet Celebration Compassion Contemplation Happiness Identity Love Ritual Social Action well-being wisdom General Video Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:18:14 +0000 Amaranatho 2611 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/ritual/i-want-give-you-devotion-nomad <div align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KAQX0BgVnd8" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KAQX0BgVnd8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </div> <div align="center">   </div> <div align="center"> Lyrics <a href="http://artists.letssingit.com/nomad-lyrics-i-wanna-give-you-devotion-phzll5q" title="http://artists.letssingit.com/nomad-lyrics-i-wanna-give-you-devotion-phzll5q">http://artists.letssingit.com/nomad-lyrics-i-wanna-give-you-devotion-phz...</a> </div> <div align="center">   </div> <div align="center"> <h2>What is faith? </h2> </div> <div align="center"> <h2> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/ritual/i-want-give-you-devotion-nomad">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/ritual/i-want-give-you-devotion-nomad#comments Art Creativity Music Ritual General Music/songs Visuals Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:12:21 +0000 Amaranatho 2608 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/elizabeth-gilbert-new-way-think-about-creativity <p> <span>&quot;Eat, Pray, Love&quot; Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person &quot;being&quot; a genius, all of us &quot;have&quot; a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.</span> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/elizabeth-gilbert-new-way-think-about-creativity">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/elizabeth-gilbert-new-way-think-about-creativity#comments Art Creativity General Video Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:02:35 +0000 Amaranatho 2604 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/sand-dancer-amazing-art <p> This is a great video to reflect on art (the way we judge art whether we like it or dont like) and impermanence and our fragile existence on this planet. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p align="center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H6ZqKmaN2qw" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H6ZqKmaN2qw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/sand-dancer-amazing-art#comments Art Contemplation Creativity General Visuals Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:51:42 +0000 Amaranatho 2602 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/buddhism-and-art <p> Some general links on Buddhism and art </p> <p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_art" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_art">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_art</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm" title="http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm">http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/general_symbols_buddhism.html" title="http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/general_symbols_buddhism.html">http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/general_symbols_buddhism.html</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/tibart.htm" title="http://www.buddhanet.net/tibart.htm">http://www.buddhanet.net/tibart.htm</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.academicinfo.net/buddhismart.html" title="http://www.academicinfo.net/buddhismart.html">http://www.academicinfo.net/buddhismart.html</a> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/buddhism-and-art">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/buddhism-and-art#comments Art Buddhist Links Video Visuals Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:45:44 +0000 Amaranatho 2601 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/mind-blowing-street-art <div style="text-align: center"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7SVYsobQdlM&amp;feature=rec-fav-watch-cur_emp-exp_stronger_r2" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7SVYsobQdlM&amp;feature=rec-fav-watch-cur_emp-exp_stronger_r2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object> </div> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/creativity/mind-blowing-street-art#comments Art Creativity General Video Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:38:37 +0000 Amaranatho 2600 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/street-art-joshua-allen-harris-inflatable-bag-monsters <p> <span>Call us boring and simple-minded, but before we saw the work of street artist Joshua Allen Harris we never once considered the artistic possibilities of subway exhaust. Using only tape and garbage bags, Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate. Steven Psyllos caught up with Harris recently to discuss his older works (including a bear and a giraffe) and unveil a new beast that looks not unlike the Cloverfield monster. Video by Jonah Green </span> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/street-art-joshua-allen-harris-inflatable-bag-monsters#comments Art General Visuals Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:46:20 +0000 Amaranatho 2598 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-monk-has-his-own-take-buddhism <p align="left"> <!-- startprint --> <!--google_ad_section_start--> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7782858898060907"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15; google_ad_format = "468x15_0ads_al_s"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "008000"; //--></script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <!--google_ad_section_end--><br /> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-monk-has-his-own-take-buddhism">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-monk-has-his-own-take-buddhism#comments Art Buddhist Pastoral Care Article Audio Visuals Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:53:11 +0000 Amaranatho 2596 at http://www.afan.uk.net http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-memory-ukranian-whose-got-talent <p> This is a beautiful 8 and a half minute video from Ukrainian Whose Got Talent. </p> <p> The contestant is standing behind a table which is covered with sand. The table is lit from beneath. There is an overhead camera above the table, and that video is being projected onto the large screen behind her so that the audience can watch what she is doing. </p> <p> She is telling the story of one of the aerial bombings of Kiev during World War II. You will see one of the famous monuments that stands in Kiev today commemorating those bombings. </p> <p><a href="http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-memory-ukranian-whose-got-talent">read more</a></p> http://www.afan.uk.net/stuff/theme/art/art-and-memory-ukranian-whose-got-talent#comments Art Identity peace Therapy General Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:31:04 +0000 Debbie Young-Somers 2584 at http://www.afan.uk.net