Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 101 (January 2017)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here’s HOPING that 2017 is a LOT better than 2016!

Sacred Treasure

• Michael Kruger effectively dismantles yet another (groan) claim that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene
• A lovely obit of Helen Roseveare: A woman of whom the world was not worthy
• Bet you weren’t expecting ever to read this – but here is Vincent van Gogh’s first very sermon – rather moving

Topical Treasure

• An Alaskan town reclaims its indigenous name
• This is more serious though: the Macedonian city getting rich from fake news
• The world’s population growth visualised: astonishing:

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• And while we’re looking at demographics, this is a very heartening infographic, illustrating the changing circumstances of people living over the last 2 centuries.

• This PSA about gun violence in schools is very effective indeed

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Quirky Treasure

• Love this – ‘still’ life portraiture
• Hilarious – cartoonist Vincent Bal turns shadows of everyday objects into something completely different
• It looks straight out of Thunderbirds – but it was for real. A Soviet-era JET-train (which went up to 160mph)!!

• Gabriel Dawe, a Mexican artist, has produced some stunning installations simply using rainbow threads