Innocence is Strange, Unless You Have a Dog (Adapting Genesis 1-4)
We need to believe that Adam and Eve are truly virtuous and pure up until they give in to the Serpent's temptation, otherwise the significan
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The Bible Artist
I believe the Arts can give us fresh eyes to see the significance of the Bible and the beauty of the Gospel.
I also believe the Bible can provide the arts with complex characters and stories with profound insight into the human condition.
Join me as I explore biblical adaptations like The Chosen and seek to cultivate greater appreciation for creativity, the arts, and adaptation within the Christian community.
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Kevin Keating
Sep 23, 20196 min read
Fig Leaves & Fur Coats (Adapting Genesis 1-4)
The plot of Genesis 1-4 may be relatively simple and straightforward, but a whole lot of meaning is built (or at least read) into it. And so
Kevin Keating
Sep 16, 20196 min read
Naked Adam & the Talking Snake (Adapting Genesis 1-4)
The events within Genesis 1-4 stand far outside the realm of normal human experience, and the biblical account emphasizes this by design.
Kevin Keating
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Why Even Non-Artists Should Draw More in Youth Ministry
...regardless of what aptitudes a student may have, it is best if he or she processes content using a variety of means of engagement
Kevin Keating
Sep 2, 20195 min read
6 Reasons Why the Arts are Crucial for Outreach to Gen Z
Even more than Millennials, Gen Z has a strong preference for experiences that feel authentic and personal...
Kevin Keating
Jul 29, 20195 min read
Read Like An Artist: Setting & Context
Many readers approach the biblical context as a kind of decoder key that will enable them to unlock unique and innovative interpretations...
Kevin Keating
Jul 22, 20199 min read
Read Like An Artist: Emotion & Drama
As there are different ways to move through an environment - walking, running, skipping, crawling - and each of creates a unique experience
Kevin Keating
Jul 13, 20195 min read
Read Like an Artist: Time Dilation
The Bible is able to fluidly shift between high altitude overview and close up storytelling, but such shifts can be much more clunky in visu
Kevin Keating
Jun 10, 20198 min read
Read Like An Artist: Adapting Biblical Characters
those who read biblical stories with an intent to create Bible Art should have an eye out for the ways characters resist a simple dichotomy
Kevin Keating
Jun 3, 20193 min read
Read Like An Artist: The "Why" of Reading Matters
Bible Artists have a unique perspective when they approach a biblical story, because creating something out of that story forces them to
Kevin Keating
May 20, 20195 min read
Adapting Jonah: Questions for Bible Artists
Without careful thought, we tend to produce Bible Art that is fairly derivative of whatever adaptive traditions we've inherited.
Kevin Keating
May 13, 201910 min read
Tropes and the Renewal of Your Imagination
In all cultures there are patterns of telling stories that become so common that the audience can easily recognize and even anticipate them
Kevin Keating
May 6, 201910 min read
Project-Based Learning, Bible Art, & Gen Z: Cultivating Biblical Literacy With Adaptation Projects
Even when creators enter into the process of adaptation with only marginal connection to the Bible, taking biblical stories from one medium
Kevin Keating
Apr 20, 20197 min read
12 Bible Movie (and TV) Adaptations for Easter and Passover: The Chosen (2019) & Jesus His Life
...it’s clear that The Chosen is Bible Art intended to undergird and support the gospel accounts rather than undermining them.
Kevin Keating
Apr 19, 20199 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter & Passover: The King of Kings & The Passion of the Christ
Although Bible artists and moviemakers are not always conscious of how their selection of arrangement shapes the picture of Jesus
Kevin Keating
Apr 18, 20195 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter & Passover: The Gospel Acc. St. Matthew & The Gospel of John
Whereas many Bible movies adapting Jesus’ life draw on all four, these films chose to follow only one gospel account of Jesus’ life quite cl
Kevin Keating
Apr 17, 20194 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter and Passover: Prince of Egypt & Joseph King of Dreams
As animated films, Prince of Egypt & Joseph King of Dreams aren’t free to luxuriate over all the spectacle in the same way that The 10 Comma
Kevin Keating
Apr 16, 20194 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter & Passover: The Ten Commandments
if you haven’t read the book of Exodus recently, you can be forgiven for failing to distinguish parts of the film that are from other biblic
Kevin Keating
Apr 15, 20193 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter & Passover: The Robe & Risen
...it’s helpful to see both The Robe and Risen as falling into a common genre, the Conversion Story.
Kevin Keating
Apr 14, 20193 min read
12 Bible Movie Adaptations for Easter & Passover: Last Days in the Desert
this newly invented episode doesn’t directly follow any of the temptations recorded in the gospels but instead explores what might have happ
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