Introducing this blog.
by Dave Skipper

This is a summary version of the original article The Word On Noise.
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Article Series on this blog include the following (in alphabetical order):

• A Brief History of Noise
  Analysing the origins, progress, and destination of noise from within the Bible’s framework.

• Beauty in Noise
  Parallels between noise and beauty in the world around us.

• Book Reviews
  Reviews of various books about noise, noise music, and theology of the arts.

• Desire for Noise
  Exploring the reasons why we love to listen to and to make noise music.

• Effects of Noise
  Noise and the senses, the emotions, physiology, community, and science.

• Elemental Noises – Creaturely Noises – Man-Made Noises
  A survey of natural noises and their Biblical associations.

• Listen Here!
  Noise compositions/performances (mostly mine) with comments and background notes.

• Music in the Bible
  Functions of music and its interplay with culture, religion, politics, and worldview.

• Noise Church
  How can noise music interface with the practices of the Christian church?

• Noise Figures
  Interacting with influential theories, writings, and perspectives on noise.

• Noise Interviews
  Interviews with contemporary noise artists.

• Noise. Life. Death.
  A deeper philosophical analysis of noise, eternity, chaos, and more!

• Noise Tools
  The value and function of distortion, feedback, improvisation, silence, etc.

• Prophetic Noise Vignettes
  Short studies in noise-themed Old Testament prophecies.

• Scripture Sonics
  Word studies in noise-related terms that appear in the original Bible texts (Hebrew and Greek).

• The Noisician
  The purposes and possibilities of the noise artist to enrich or uglify.

• The Ultimate Noisician
  How and what God reveals about himself through noise.

• The Word on Noise
  Foundations of my approach to noise and the Bible.

• Watch This!
  Essential videos and documentaries from the world of noise.

• Words for the Artist
  Perspectives and principles that the Bible offers to artists of all kinds.

Please contact me with:

• Corrections (grammatical or factual errors)
• Questions for clarification
• Suggestions for future topics
• Useful links or resources (books, interviews, websites, etc)
• Constructive critiques of my writing style or content

You can email me at: reppiks(at)gmail(dot)com