Vintage Postcard depiction of Asheville, North Carolina from Beaucatcher Ridge Just east of downtown Asheville, North Carolina the land rises steeply toward Beaucatcher Ridge and on its other side, as it falls away further east, is the Kenilworth neighborhood where my wife and I lived in the late nineties. It is a lovely shaded place that, […]
Death to the “Arguable” Thesis, Part 2: Before We Believe, Let It Be Up-Side Down
In an earlier post, I called for the death of the arguable thesis (http://jrosspeters.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/death-to-the-arguable-thesis-before-we-argue-lets-believe/). In short, I asserted that we should teach our students to discover a belief before we allow them to worry about whether their claim is arguable. Several of the responses to the piece echoed a similar […]
Finding Folk Art: A Communion of Meaning
The ghosts of folk art cast a long shadow at “Folk Fest” (http://www.slotinfolkart.com/folk_fest/folk_fest.html ) made longer by the lack of a deep bench of compelling new work. The artists with the most distinctive newer works, Missionary Mary Proctor and Cornbread, have works around virtually every corner, and like them as I do (I own nice examples from […]
Death to the “Arguable” Thesis: Before We Argue, Let’s Believe
“Have you come up with a thesis yet?” “No, I haven’t even started. I’ll get to it tonight or early tomorrow morning.” “Yeah, I am great under the gun. I write so much better when the pressure is on!” “I can make up something in time.” […]
Ecce Quam Bonum: Happy New School Year
(What follows is a devotion I gave this morning at the beginning of Faculty Forum at The Westminster Schools) Behold, how good and how pleasant it isFor God’s people to dwell together in unity! (Psalm 133) I have been studiously avoiding the news recently. Adjusting to a new job has helped […]
A Way of Seeing: Learning to Make Photographs
Headed toward Stressa on Lago Maggiore (Ross Peters) In advance of a trip to Italy two summers ago, my wife bought a entry level DSLR camera. We were going to be there about a month, so […]