Today I had the treat of lunching with Barbara Nicolosi, who was in the area speaking at Huntington University, a small Christian liberal arts college.  Greg Erlandson of OSV joined us (OSV is located in Huntington – Michael is out of town, dashing between southern Indiana and southern Kansas for various business-related reasons). It was a treat to finally meet Barbara, after reading her blog for years, enjoying her insights and commiserating with her about DVC and related matters.

I hauled everyone back to Huntington this evening for Barbara’s talk – I wanted to hear her, but more than that, I wanted my wanna-be actress daughter to hear her speak about Christians doing film – and art in general. As you’d expect, Barbara is sharp and funny, and she presents a cogent case for art – what we do when we create, and what it means and what it takes to create meaningful, entertaining, haunting pieces of art. I heard most of it – we got there late, and I stayed outside the auditorium for a good chunk of the talk, sensing that Michael the Toddler had filled his Being Good Quote for the day at lunch (he was very good). And…I was right.