Husband, Father, Pianist, Musician, Teacher, Adopted Child of God, Reader of the First Half of Many Books. https://teapawt.net/t.co/NU6fIvOjPb
Eugene, OR USA
Joined January 2010
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Neil Patton retweeted
Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive.
This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇
Neil Patton retweeted
This is an EXCELLENT Christmas album. 👍👍💯 – at Telford, TN
My new album, "Gloria" releases on Nov 7. Mailing list members can order CDs and sheet music now. Spotify users can also pre-save now.
Performing live on Dec 5 here in Eugene.
All links for mailing list, tickets and pre-save here: ffm.bio/neilpattonmusic
#newmusic #solopiano
Neil Patton retweeted
J.R.R. Tolkien, in a letter to his son Christopher in 1944, wrote the following, and it has damn well made me tear up.
(As ever, may it do something for you, also.)
"I sometimes feel appalled at the thought of the sum total of human misery all over the world at the present moment: the millions parted, fretting, wasting in unprofitable days – quite apart from torture, pain, death, bereavement, injustice. If anguish were visible, almost the whole of this benighted planet would be enveloped in a dense dark vapour, shrouded from the amazed vision of the heavens! And the products of it all will be mainly evil – historically considered.
But the historical version is, of course, not the only one. All things and deeds have a value in themselves, apart from their 'causes' and 'effects'. No man can estimate what is really happening at the present 𝑠𝑢𝑏 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠. All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labours with vast power and perpetual success – in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. So it is in general, and so it is in our own lives.
But there is still some hope that things may be better for us, even on the temporal plane, in the mercy of God. And though we need all our natural human courage and guts (the vast sum of human courage and endurance is stupendous, isn't it?) and all our religious faith to face the evil that may befall us (as it befalls others, if God wills) still we may pray and hope. I do."
Neil Patton retweeted
Things that this platform is good for:
1) Sharing beautiful photos
2) Sharing sports moments that we may have missed (internationally)
3) Sharing art
4) Sharing poetry
Things that it is not good for:
1) Trying to persuade the “wrong” side to change their minds
2) Trying to mediate ideological (or personal) disagreements.
Increasingly the qualities of photos, resolution of art and high quality videos gets more generative (and poems more poignant in the toxic environs). Meanwhile the culture wars battles degenerate. It’s up to us to choose which path we can individually take. @iamculturecare
Neil Patton retweeted
I love this clip! @malcolmguite puts into words why reading Tolkien and Lewis are so important for living in this world!
Neil Patton retweeted
Listen in on @malcolmguite talking about the burden of being disenchanted and believing there is no meaning in the world.
Watch the full convo here:
youtu.be/qgM1U7cyqbY
Neil Patton retweeted
Wow. Art is being honest.
#ArtIs
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Neil Patton retweeted
The heart of an artist:
the things that almost break us
are the very things that make us.
Neil Patton retweeted
“A person who uses words with tender care/
Has been deeply wounded by words”
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We are enmeshed in a cosmic web of dependence. That’s what it means to be human, to be a creature of our Father. To be beholden to others. To identify ourselves not as self-sufficient, autonomous individuals but as members of the vast body of humanity.
Children of parents.
Companions of friends.
Citizens of a nation.
Christians of a church.
Children of God.
We can’t handle being human alone. Being human is being in a state of constant dependence. As the Psalmist says, "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!" (133:1).
This is God’s gift to you. He has given you your body and soul, eyes, ears, and all the members of your body—as well as doctors to care for your body, ophthalmologists to keep those eyes seeing, and even the undertaker to care for that body when you die.
He has given you clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home—as well as grocery stores, carpenters, and farmers to provide those goods.
You can’t even read these words without someone first teaching you how to read. Or making the computer or phone you’re reading them on.
So much for independence.
Behind every person, every breath, every bite of food is the God who provides. God gives, we receive: this is the base reality of being human. Embrace this truth with thankfulness. And rejoice that even your thankfulness is a gift from above.
God’s job is to give us more than we can handle so that we might learn to flourish in our dependence, rely solely upon him, and see in the face of everyone who contributes to our life the face of the One who is Life itself.
Neil Patton retweeted
There are 116 children at Sahase Embers in the Red-Light District, one of the darkest realms I’ve ever experienced. They are now being protected and educated, with 100% job placements after Legacy Education track of @EmbersInternat1 They then give back to the slum communities they are from, and support future students.
Join our catalytic efforts by donating to below to partner with us to see Embers become Flames of light! Artists Advocacy role (application is in the link) is a great way to serve with your creative gifts.
Your gift today will help that one precious child turn the curse of living in the brothels into an ember of light, then into a flame of hope!
embersinternational.org/
@HaejinMako @OMSCatPTS
Neil Patton retweeted
Why I do not like these:
1) the artist, like van Gogh, creates paintings by first accepting the limitation of two dimensional space, invoking the transcendent in the limitations, and what paint can and cannot do - this is the essence of what art is. “The Medium is the Message”
2) while these “immersive displays” are gimmicky and “cool”, the effect destroys the contemplative elements of approaching the work to discover beauty (takes work and attentiveness to discover), and therefore the effect is ultimately one dimensional, force fed, and not generative
3) it is digitally based, therefore we are training our senses to see less, and not challenging our senses to expand our vision. Somatic journey toward sanctification of senses begins by taking in the materiality of paint in person.
I am not necessarily against the digital, or immersive. But there is a difference between “using” technology (or used by) vs creating with technology, or transcending with technology.
Van Gogh's paintings can come to life thanks to AI.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
According to the linked post by the Van Gogh Museum this animation was made by Andrey Zakirzyanov.
x.com/vangoghmuseum/…
Neil Patton retweeted
“We have a Russian proverb: ‘Do not call a wolf to help you against the dogs.’ ... Because when the wolves come, they will destroy the dogs, but they will also tear you apart.”
