(c) Angie Mack June 2010 Went to WALMART today.  (Ew! Ack! Cough!)  Yes I abhor going to WALMART.  But my husband seems to like it.  So we went today to get a few things.  And I seemed to notice that I said, “I don’t care” a lot.  “What kind of soap should we get?” he [...]

Some of you may not know that I have dabbled in the visual arts for fun.  Yeah…I have some paintings, drawings, inventions and photos that have actually attracted some international attention.  Why?  Not sure.   Most of it is extremely childlike. (I guess blame it on the CHRONIC CREATIVITY? ) Take a look at this chicken scratch drawing [...]

I spent quite a bit of time thinking about jazz tonight….what it is, why it appeals to me so much, favorite jazz perfomers, etc…and came up with a darn good definition for jazz on my facebook wall: ” Definition of JAZZ:  intentional, improvisational, expressionistly independent, intuitive, syncopated chaos defying gravity. It’s the musical rebellion that leads [...]

Based on the book, “COLORS OF THE SPIRIT….The Creative Process of Turning You Into a Work of Art” (c) Angela K. Mack 2000 “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.  And when his brothers saw [...]

An excerpt from “COLORS OF THE SPIRIT…The Creative Process of Turning You Into a Work of Art” (c) Angela K. Mack 2000 (Based on the breastplate mentioned in the Bible Exod 28:15-29) Aaron’s breastplate  hint’s about God the artist and creator.  God did not sloppily throw together just any stones on the breastplate.  He specifically [...]

I have a friend, Cindy.  And for YEARS….I KID YOU NOT.  She has been asking people (including me)  the question, “What would you do if you were brave?”  The question stems from the lyrics of Jana Stanfield.  The song?  “If I Were Brave”.    Cindy has signed for and been a part of Jana’s music [...]

(c) February 2010 Angela K. Mack It was Gallery Night in the Third Ward of Milwaukee.   We went into the Artasia Gallery.  Tucked away in the back of the store there must have been hundreds of wooden and cloth asian puppets lying in a heap on a table.  I was totally mesmerized. I sat and stared [...]

Used Car Lot  (c) 12/2004 Angela K. Mack      Ever since Sam was a boy, he dreamed of owning his own Camero.  He bought magazines about Cameros, had posters of them on his walls, and even had a few models that he put together.       Unfortunately, when Sam got to be driving age, he [...]

1 Peter 4:8 (New International Version) 8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Jesus didn’t come for those who are well.  He came for those in need of a physician.  He didn’t come for the righteous.  He came for the sinners.  He loved the lepers.  He loved the prostitute.  [...]

  Social Darwinism (C) 03/2005 Angela K. Mack     Social Darwinism contends that the human race is comparable to the animal world in that we are in constant competition for domination.  Herbert Spencer proposed that social “evolution” should be allowed to take its course and that “only the fittest would survive”.     I have seen [...]