Comments on: Mark Staff Brandl, TV Art Evangelist

By: Tom Torluemke

Tom Torluemke — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:49:58 +0000

Mark, Climbing the mountain of materialism and superficiality has created over the last 30 years, hard times for many. I think we are at a point now that we are on the way down from the mountain to more level ground, if you will. The climate a bit lower will be just right for artists to be able to once again aspire towards some of those uncool, higher qualities.

By: Kianga Ellis

Kianga Ellis — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:22:18 +0000

THIS IS FANTASTIC!! Amen Brother Mark. This is righteous, not blasphemous. And God does not give us a spirit of fear.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:15:00 +0000

Thanks Tom! Your response and Claudine’s are exactly what I hoped for. My wife told me it is guaranteed to make many people angry at me — religious folks seeing it as blasphemy, art people having great fear of the esposusal of non-cool “higher” goals for art.

By: Tom Torluemke

Tom Torluemke — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:45:28 +0000

Mark Staff Brandl, Thanks for writing and filming this. Very poignant and strong. This is what it made me think about. As an artist, to aspiring towards nobility and reaching for the divine. (Not that we can reach it, but at least we try to have our heart and mind in the right place.) This can help us create honestly from a feeling very deep within ourself. Which helps guide us toward an investigation of all things terrestrial and celestial. The artist then is blessed with presentiments that allow the artist to rise above the fallacy of superficial behavior.