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Bible as literature | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 22, 2011. Prompted by Good Friday, it struck me that Peter, not Christ, is the protagonist of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. I don’t mean to downplay Christ’s importance: obviously He and His teachings are the focus of the New Testament. But as the Gospels developed, Christ became more of a mentor and less of a protagonist. Full of bluster (“I will. In the Acts of the Apostles he blossoms, leading the Christ-following Jews (for that is what they were...
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emotions | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. March 22, 2011. There is a conflict in all of us between Reason and Emotion. We praise Reason as ideal, even as our behavior is driven by Emotion. Many of our greatest thinkers have extolled rationality as the pinnacle of human development, and dismissed emotion as irrational. While I agree that Reason should govern many of our decisions, Reason is death to art. More specifically, Reason is death to the early stages of the creative process. An important creative func...
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R.J. Nestor | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 22, 2011. Prompted by Good Friday, it struck me that Peter, not Christ, is the protagonist of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. I don’t mean to downplay Christ’s importance: obviously He and His teachings are the focus of the New Testament. But as the Gospels developed, Christ became more of a mentor and less of a protagonist. Full of bluster (“I will. In the Acts of the Apostles he blossoms, leading the Christ-following Jews (for that is what they were...
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art | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. March 22, 2011. There is a conflict in all of us between Reason and Emotion. We praise Reason as ideal, even as our behavior is driven by Emotion. Many of our greatest thinkers have extolled rationality as the pinnacle of human development, and dismissed emotion as irrational. While I agree that Reason should govern many of our decisions, Reason is death to art. More specifically, Reason is death to the early stages of the creative process. An important creative func...
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Links | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. My main site, with a full bio and detailed information. The main site for the collaborative writing team of David Scoville and R.J. Nestor, with samples of our work. The blog of our fictional character Kerry Pickens, a naive pet photographer who has to think like a detective to solve her friend’s murder. Writing website where I write poetry, short stories, and even non-fiction articles. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published.
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Peter the Protagonist | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 22, 2011. Prompted by Good Friday, it struck me that Peter, not Christ, is the protagonist of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. I don’t mean to downplay Christ’s importance: obviously He and His teachings are the focus of the New Testament. But as the Gospels developed, Christ became more of a mentor and less of a protagonist. Full of bluster (“I will. In the Acts of the Apostles he blossoms, leading the Christ-following Jews (for that is what they were...
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writing | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 20, 2011. Writing the opening number of a musical is a daunting task. It has to set up the world of the show and introduce the show’s themes, all while dazzling or surprising the audience in some way. Since my blog is about artistic creation—the good and the bad—I thought it would be fun to track the evolution of the opening number from our musical. From three years ago up to this morning. Before we track the lyric changes, brief setup. And dated January 5, 2008.
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lyrics | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 20, 2011. Writing the opening number of a musical is a daunting task. It has to set up the world of the show and introduce the show’s themes, all while dazzling or surprising the audience in some way. Since my blog is about artistic creation—the good and the bad—I thought it would be fun to track the evolution of the opening number from our musical. From three years ago up to this morning. Before we track the lyric changes, brief setup. And dated January 5, 2008.
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By the Stars | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. April 20, 2011. Writing the opening number of a musical is a daunting task. It has to set up the world of the show and introduce the show’s themes, all while dazzling or surprising the audience in some way. Since my blog is about artistic creation—the good and the bad—I thought it would be fun to track the evolution of the opening number from our musical. From three years ago up to this morning. Before we track the lyric changes, brief setup. And dated January 5, 2008.
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Art and Reason | Stumbling through Creation
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Writer/composer/lyricist R.J. Nestor. March 22, 2011. There is a conflict in all of us between Reason and Emotion. We praise Reason as ideal, even as our behavior is driven by Emotion. Many of our greatest thinkers have extolled rationality as the pinnacle of human development, and dismissed emotion as irrational. While I agree that Reason should govern many of our decisions, Reason is death to art. More specifically, Reason is death to the early stages of the creative process. An important creative func...
