Origins 2005 Photo Blog

The Origins Travel and Photo Blog

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Welcome! We are having a great time at Origins, a leadership conference put on by Mosaic in LA. God is challenging us highly. I (Alex) will try to post more photos and tidbits as cool things come up. Hope you enjoy the shots and get come sense of our experience. We hope to have many great things to share from our trip. Hey, and don't be shy, post some comments.

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Graffiti of Hope

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Erwin speaks as an artist paints a depiction of Christ calling his people.

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Dominic Massaro aka Graffiti61, mixing ambient loops pre-session. Chatted with Dominic at length. His humility and talent, coupled with his passion for God were inspiring. All of the Mosaic crew exhibited this.

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More art. Very sacred, yet not your conventional Christian pop art. Refreshing.

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The artistic output at Mosaic is incredible.

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The Timberlake group in front of the Mayan. Ron Worman, Ed Belleba, GaryG, The Big A, and Henriet, l - r. Photo credit to Barry Odom, the fine lead pastor of Eastside Mosaic in Issaquah.

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A very LA ride.

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A mondo mural right across from Staples Center. King Kong must've painted this on a better day.

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Some art generated by Mosaic. Where's the blonde Jesus?

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The Mosaic lobby at the Mayan. This ain't your Timberlake foyer.

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A glimmer of God on the decrepit streets of LA.

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Erwin imploring us unleash our creativity to serve mankind unabashedly with the love of Christ.

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One of the many pagan Gods depicted at the Mayan. Yet church is held here every Sunday. A picture of the early church maybe??

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One of the stage elements for Origins.

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Origins stage shot.

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Dessert reception on the top of the Hyatt. Alex McManus on lead guitar and his Brazilian wife signing. Music was a mix of ambient, jazz and world flavors. Very cool!

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Video and audio control at the Mayan.

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The LA (un)skyline from the the 24th floor of the Hyatt. Note the chopper just above right of the Staples Center. Choppers were all over in the wake of a rash of recent highway shootings.

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GaryG chatting with Barry Odom, lead pastor from Eastside Mosaic.

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Ron, Ed Belleba and Troy Blackmon from Eastside Mosaic.

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Ron Worman, chewing the fat with Brian Schubring, the director of Leadership Vision from Bethel College.

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More Mayan detail.

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In the midst of the jungle, a colorful burger joint.

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Amidst the LA decay, a sign rises above the fray, expressing hope.

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The strip right across the street from the Mayan.

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Detail of tht Mayan.

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Our group was always chewing on the issues of the conference, usually over coffee.

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Lots of time was spent in passionate discussion about leadership and freeing people in their creativity.

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A cool, hip hop dance piece about conformity and being free in Christ.

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Another view of the dance/drama/art piece.

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This was a dance piece, with a dramatic monologue about sin and redemption. It included dance too, behind the scrim, while the artist painted on it. Excellent! Very moving.

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Lyrics looping during worship with hip moving video effects behind.

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Worship was not too edgy and very powerful. It rocked. Mix was lame in the balcony.

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Audio and video control. Mosaic has created some very atmospheric video effects that loop pretty much constantly.

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Screen detail and wierd inca art inside theater. Probably the most unique church atmosphere I have ever been in.

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The Mayan at night.

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Another pre-session view.

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DJ spinning and scratching original loops pre-session one of Origins.

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More Mayan detail.

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Funky faux Aztec detail of the Mayan.

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The Mayan - Hot spot LA nightclub on Friday's and Saturday's. Home to Mosaic on Sunday's.

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The Mayan Theater from a block away.