I never know where to begin with Todd Greene. He’s my second favorite artist in the known universe. He’s been my muse since I was seventeen-years-old. His band, Bulb, is so crushingly obscure that, despite their thirty albums and three music videos, you can hardly even find them on the Internet.
I am not sure what to make of the "Repent" image- I like it, though! What about it "cuts straight to the dark heart of The Prayer Trade?" My thought: the figure handing out the cone offers a temporary satisfaction, a quick pleasure soft served that distracts from true repentance.
Jacques Ellul once expressed appreciation for some of what Billy Graham did while also noting that....If you're going to try to communicate the gospel of Jesus and the prophets with a cartoon, you'll need to keep asking yourself if the cartoon is a witness to the gospel. Otherwise, you mistake the success of the cartoon for God's blessing on your work. This image places a holy imperative in a cartoon setting in invites us to think such matters through. Todd and I have lived in Nashville for most of our lives and, as you might guess, this is the air we breathe.
Brilliant cartoon image. Todd is certainly one if my favorite people. I have two of his art pieces in our home and the Bulb recording Magical Thinking part 1 in my music library. It is a required record (interpret as you will. I'll never forget when a few of us were trying to imitate Stipe on Drive and Todd just picked up his guitar and nailed it. That's Todd Greene. Spot on.
First I have ever been exposed. Thank you!
I am not sure what to make of the "Repent" image- I like it, though! What about it "cuts straight to the dark heart of The Prayer Trade?" My thought: the figure handing out the cone offers a temporary satisfaction, a quick pleasure soft served that distracts from true repentance.
Jacques Ellul once expressed appreciation for some of what Billy Graham did while also noting that....If you're going to try to communicate the gospel of Jesus and the prophets with a cartoon, you'll need to keep asking yourself if the cartoon is a witness to the gospel. Otherwise, you mistake the success of the cartoon for God's blessing on your work. This image places a holy imperative in a cartoon setting in invites us to think such matters through. Todd and I have lived in Nashville for most of our lives and, as you might guess, this is the air we breathe.
Brilliant cartoon image. Todd is certainly one if my favorite people. I have two of his art pieces in our home and the Bulb recording Magical Thinking part 1 in my music library. It is a required record (interpret as you will. I'll never forget when a few of us were trying to imitate Stipe on Drive and Todd just picked up his guitar and nailed it. That's Todd Greene. Spot on.