Archive for the ‘PHILOSOPHY & THEORY’ Category
There is something powerful when people come together to create. You see, when it comes to playing videos, I’m pretty much by myself, choosing the videos I want and doing it my way. Sure, there’s community with the band, leader and production guys, and a hope for some sense of “community” with the people…
read more“Then something happened, and the visual layer of worship was stripped out of the Church.” (excerpt from the “Story” page.)
Understanding the history of visual worship is a vital piece in forming one’s philosophy. Honestly, this is an area of discussion that intimidates me, but when i dive in, i find it…
read moreSally Morgenthaler is one of my heroes. She’s been challenging the status quo and dreaming about the future of worship for as long as I’ve known her. I met her in my early years of VJ-ing and got to reconnect with her at a few recent events. I wanted to get on iChat to…
read moreAs I’ve been on the road having conversations with pastors, worship leaders & techies who are all trying to figure out how creativity works in worship, I have had a growing burden to gain a clearer understanding of what true, biblical worship is. i have much to learn and more scripture to dig into…
read more— Why use simple colored generic loops (ex Digital Juice Jumpbacks) to lead visual worship? It doesn’t “mean” anything, so why? —
this seems to be the train of thought amongst a few of us in this “visual worship conversation”. However, could simple loops with nothing but textures, colors and particles ever have a…
read moreBill Cottman interview (p. 84)
“Most VJ content doesn’t interest me– the flashing lights and swirling and pulsating images. What interests me is technology that enables me to recollect and rearrange images, transitions and timing in response to the moods in the room…. I could do more, like mix in some live camera. And that’s…
read moreToday, an interesting conversation sparked over Camron Ware’s tweet update: “Why do we (Church) feel like we HAVE to ALWAYS see the lyrics?! Learn the songs! And don’t say it’s cuz the newcomers. #frustrated”
I encourage you to go read his latest post: an expanded explanation of his Lyric-Tweet.
Between…
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