Sep 11, 2024 · Makoto Fujimura is an artist and the author of Art+Faith: A Theology of Making (Yale Press). He is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven, refractive

is one of the four panels painted in ensuing dark months after September 11th, 2001 in Fujimura's Ground Zero studio. It was recently exhibited at Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University . Thomas Hibbs, in his new book "A Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art and Laudatory Si'" speaks of "The Fire and the Rose are One" painting:

Aug 22, 2011 · Has the concept of the “American Dream” changed since the events of September 11, 2011? The American Dream: a term coined by historian James Truslow Adams in 1931 , meaning “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”

On September 11, 2001, Billy watched in horror as the twin towers fell, peering over the East River from his loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He had even been scheduled to have an interview for a job at the World Trade Towers that morning.

Nov 19, 2024 · On September 11, 2001, I stood on Murray Street in TriBeCa, just blocks from the Twin Towers. Trapped in a subway as the first tower collapsed above us, I witnessed firsthand the devastation and disorientation of that day.

May 1, 2001 · We left Oneonta early on the Sunday morning of September 16th, the car full of freshly picked apples picked by our children from the Sheesley’s yard, and drove back to New York City. We needed to be back for what we thought to be a special time of mourning for our church, The Village Church.

May 31, 2021 · Last time that I entered this building with any leadership capacity was nearly twenty years ago, on the morning of September 11th, 2001. That morning, I was leading a prayer group of artists, and by the end of the morning, my home had become “Ground Zero”.

Nov 4, 2004 · The P.S. 234 gymnasium, two blocks from Ground Zero, was nearly empty when I entered to vote. This is the same gym where my children played basketball, the same gym where they waited for evacuation orders on September the 11th.

Oct 14, 2001 · Fujimura also believes that living and working in the “ground zero” area of Manhattan has intensified his search for meaning. “The Twin Towers,”he wrote recently, “were twin symbols of capitalism and materialism.”Until September 11th, artists here worked both literally and figuratively in the shadows of these symbols.

Apr 12, 2009 · Ron Kelsey was my intern during September 11th, 2001. He was an art student from Washburn University, also serving on ROTC. Recently, Ron contacted me from Iraq, where he is stationed and is training to be a chaplain.