tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24201073.post1857369474133622293..comments2008-07-16T08:37:46.697-04:00David Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02402220042714122920dwilcox@covlife.orgBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24201073.post-23977187097428552302008-07-16T08:37:00.000-04:002008-07-16T08:37:00.000-04:00tso<BR/><BR/>Your comments on IMAG contain some excellent and thought-provoking ideas. Thanks for mentioning it, and I will probably create an entire post on them some time this week.<BR/><BR/>daveDavid Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02402220042714122920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24201073.post-68429175650370302212008-07-15T23:43:00.000-04:002008-07-15T23:43:00.000-04:00Wish to applaud the leadership for commissioning unique artwork for each Sunday and the high quality of the graphics. For the longest time in history, the church was the reason why musicians composed, artists painted and sculptors carved. This is probably the first time that I did not notice the visually noisy patchwork of a stage background we have but instead marveled at what a beautiful image was presented instead. (I am easily disturbed by visual chaos.) And beyond being a beautiful image, it communicated, LAUGHTER of a multitude of humanity. Though the fonts are barely readable at a distance (& even when projected, the only fault that I could find with the image), there's no mistaking what the theme of the day is. Beauty is a luxury if one takes the view that men evolved from single cell bateria; it's a necessity for men who were made in the image of God, the Creator of heaven and earth.<BR/><BR/>One comment on the IMAG related to the graphics; in the early service, after Josh has moved on from the graphics, the IMAG went back to the graphics and kept it up for a sustained time. What it communicated was, "we want you to examine the poster at this very moment," but Josh has moved on. <BR/><BR/>I don't know all the background activities that led to that decision. But I want to share my personal struggle as a House Director. Once I missed putting up an image at the time it was to be up, I tend to want to make up for it, though late; at times I may even ask my video producer or Dave at the sound booth to give me a directive on the spot. I think for me personally at a subconscious level it may be driven by a desire to fix MY mistake, to redeem myself. At times there are also other voices in the room urging me to put it up, though late. But it's Dave's consistent mantra that IMAG must always defer to what enhances or supports the speaker or that which is taking place on the stage at the time that restrains the desire to make up for what was lost. When it comes to IMAG, perfect timing is everything.<BR/><BR/>Another way to look at it is that, people usually don't notice what wasn't put up (unless the speaker is calling for it and it's not up) but they always notice it when an image is up that draws attention away from what's being said from the pulpit. When that happens, I am suddenly aware of the presence of other beings who are behind the technology that makes all this possible, and thus, a distraction. Just a thought.TSOnoreply@blogger.com