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Spirituality and Embracing the BodyBy Gade Duerksen"Those of us who identify as part of the LGBTQQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex) community are forced to deal with our physical selves at a different level. Our bodies are constantly being held up in front of us both by those who condemn and those who embrace. Our sexuality and gender expressions become our constant identity…It took me years of inner turmoil, therapy, pages and pages of writing, creating art, and ultimately cutting ties with my Mennonite identity before I could fully embrace what it meant to connect my spiritual and physical selves in to one holistic being." Quilting from the Soul: Living in the Intersection of Art and SpiritualityBy June Mears Driedger"One participant talked about how we use our quilts in service to God, and I responded vehemently, ‘I just want to make art. I don’t want to think about how this might serve God. I just want to make art.’ A momentary, awkward silence followed my outburst." Artist Profile: Jesse GraberBy Stephanie Krehbiel"The illustrative art, the more figurative art that I’ve always enjoyed more than, say, abstract art, or more conceptual art--I don’t know that there’s that aspect in the Mennonite community at all. I mean--I bet there is, but I don’t know about it, and I’ve never been plugged into it. The Mennonite artists that I have been exposed to, it’s really conceptual, heady stuff. And not that I have anything against that, or that I think it’s bad--it’s just never really been what’s excited me." Letter from the EditorBy Stephanie KrehbielSo, why a web magazine on the Mennofolk site? |
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