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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Issue 10.2007 >TABLE You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over Psalms 23:5, Amplified Tables represent relationships between data. The World Wide Web Consortium Table After dinner, someone in our core team threw out the word "Table" as the theme for this issue, immediately striking off "Devotion", "Truth" and other Big Virtues. Surely creativity blossoms in restraint, especially when a guest in our writers' group decried the unsexiness of this overly concrete term. But we sent out the invitation for Table anyway, wondering how our feast might take shape. Would the next batch of work be cogent, of substance, or merely entertaining in some patronising way? Here's the thing: it's not an art problem (the trend of titles today swing from observative phrases to personable quips, meaning that nothing is out of the box for art these days, including a Table). In the process of thinking through our at first unpopular word - made only that by our fear of rejection in the under-written, under-documented community of Christians in the arts - I came to accept it's a performance driven, trying-to-impress thing that Table needed to break. So now I see how an unassuming object has such significance. Beyond an altar or a book placing function is a space for Intangible Values. Yes, Jesus surely made tables, but around the space he taught us to be humble (until we were asked by the host to move up), to be compassionate (to those who receive crumbs falling off) and to receive God's goodness for everlasting life (through his life shed for all, blood and body). Enjoy! Dawn Fung Editor INSIDE ISSUE >>>  Artist interviews Deb Fung (left), award-winning singer-songwriter, who shys not from declaring, "There is plenty of inspiration all around us". Next, catch up with Leezibet, a local production manager who went on to Emirates for her next leg of calling.Journalogue introduces you to the Negotiation Table by Annabelle Bok, our resident singer-songwriter who pens sweet verses to persuade you to take hold of God. Our Corner features three interpretations of the theme, reminiscent of a familiar chronology through the subjects. Killing Isaac by Charlene Lim is a different take on Abraham, of a glimpse of his fear and wonderment of the heavenly request. Table by Jason Ho is a raw account of the wooden friend of Christ. Although the meter is somewhat estranged, the power of this poem comes from its source of inspiration, read aloud. Lastly, Table For Two by Ronald Wong is a splendid feast prepared by divine hands, with significance to geography and Relevations 3:20.  Backstage reviews Barrabas by by Par Lagerkvist. Rui He muses on the man of our times, a figure who is strangely drawn to the mystery of the man who gave his life for him.Whats On You can get more information at Whats On, on events involving Christians in the arts scene. Writers' Group If you're interested in writing, or discussing your ideas about arts in Christianity in print, or you're dying to get to know us, drop by! See more information on our Team page, where you can also subscribe to the writers' group feed.
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