This is PURE GOLD!! HAHA!!
From the “Vigilantes of Love” poster to the “layers” to the juxtaposition of “Blue Like Jazz” and “The Road”, this is so accurate it’s scary…and hilarious!
http://www.hipsterchristianity.com/anatomy.php
Excerpt: “One of the most common types of Christian hipsters, the Artistic Searcher is the person whose deep spirituality manifests itself in the dark room and on GarageBand…Frequently art majors at evangelical colleges whose intellectual life was rocked by That One Art History Professor Freshman Year, these Christian hipsters usually undergo dramatic shifts in their views of art between the ages of 18 and 25. They grew up loving Thomas Kinkade-esque impressionism, later graduated to an affinity for abstract expressionism, and currently enjoy installation or video art by the likes of Tim Hawkinson and Matthew Barney. But mostly they just like to create–not didactically or in ways that are obviously “Christian,” but in ways that are subversive and individual and a true reflection of that ineffable, Chestertonian sense of “divine discontent.”
Haha…if I had a dollar for every one of these I’ve met, I’d be well on my way to funding my Ph.D studies!
As both an art major and an evangelical Christian in his 30s I have to say that this depiction is incredibly…hilariously…and…disturbingly…accurate!
(And the part about the prayer candles “vaguely subverting Protestant norms in a godly way” is fantastic!)
JM
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