Tuesday, June 17, 2008

welcome

almost 18 months ago, a groups of seminarians, professors and staff got on a plane to hong kong. we did not know what would come of it, and certainly had no idea we would be writing this blog, this many months later.

we hopped on and off planes, trains, and buses for fourteen days as we made our way from hong kong to singapore, through malaysia to kuala lumpur and finally to vietnam. along the way, we visited churches, temples, and mosques, we met priests, seminarians, professors and students, we sang on sunday morning in a methodist church, we made fools of ourselves in the street over the taste of durian, and mastered the art of crossing the street. but these were the simply the details of something that was much more than the sum of its parts.

we went far from home, and found and unfound ourselves, over and over and over again. we encountered places and people that were new, but encountered ourselves anew as well.

when we returned home, those of us who took the trip as a class, for seminary credit, had to write papers--no surprise there. these reflections were a seed to an art creation that has been germinating ever since, and will flower this fall.

this blog will follow our current journey, grown out of our journey to and through southeast asia and ourselves, as we create art, and bring it to the public.

here you will find our reflections on this journey, as well as keep the details of upcoming exhibitions current.

we hope you will journey with us.

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