Feeling the groove

This neighbor is moved by the artistic energy of East Dallas

S. CHUCK MCCARTER has always felt our neighborhood’s artistic energy. He uses meditation to tap that energy like a keg, letting the creativity flow with a series of abstract birds and snakes who serve as messengers.

For decades, McCarter enjoyed a meandering artist’s life, exhibiting his colorful abstract work, teaching around the country and curating shows. But when it came time to retire, he wanted nothing more than to head back to East Dallas, where his roots run deep.

McCarter grew up in the Urbandale/ Pleasant Grove area, a “safe and close knit” area where he walked to school and roamed the neighborhood on his bike. Though he describes his childhood as “lovely,” his was not the easiest of beginnings. Given up for adoption at birth, he spent his first year at Hope Cottage, a nonprofit adoption center on Texas Street, and was nearly transferred to an orphanage where adoptions were rare.

Then came Dorothy and Charlie McCarter, who tragically lost their daughter to scarlet fever. Seeking to adopt, Dorothy visited Hope Cottage where she was told about all the children in need of homes, including a certain 13-month-old boy. McCarter’s eyes well with tears as he tells of Dorothy’s immediate response.

“I’ll take him,” she said. “He’s the one we want.”

Sight unseen, the McCarters gained a son, and the future artist had a family. His father toiled at a steel factory, his mother stayed home (“like June Cleaver”), and McCarter grew up feeling safe and loved.

The Sunday newspaper meant the comics section, which McCarter studied intently, noting lines and shades, subtle differences apparent only to an artist’s eye. On weekends and summer days, McCarter went to the library where he could spend hours browsing through books. He was first drawn to ancient history and archaeology books, intrigued by cave drawings with their simple lines and techniques. Eventually, McCarter picked up art history books, and found himself at home in the world of Matisse and Picasso.

A typical teen, art played second fiddle to baseball, track and girls. During his years at Dallas ISD’s Samuell High School, he spent a fair amount of time “cruising” around White Rock Lake and down Buckner, maybe with a stop at The Pig Stand for a sandwich. McCarter laughs as he remembers using the ghostly him was learning: “It was a real source of style and technique for me.”

“Lady of the Lake” story on dates — perhaps to encourage a bit of protective snuggling.

It was while he was at Samuell that he joined the newspaper staff as artist/ cartoonist and had his very own “McCarter’s Corner” space in the paper where no topic was immune from his editorial jabs.

“I was pretty brutal with my images,” he chuckles. Peers, faculty, staff – all got the McCarter treatment, be they bullies, teachers who were detention-happy, or administrators (a.k.a. “The Man”). Despite the levity, the serious artist within

After graduation, McCarter served in the U.S. Air Force, and the GI Bill, allowed him to become the first in his family to attend college, beginning at El Centro. He would eventually transfer to University of North Texas where he earned a graduate degree in studio drawing and painting. “UNT was pretty radical and a real eye opener as far as creativity,” he says.

Soon after, McCarter was offered the plum position of art professor at Anderson University in South Carolina. For 10 years, he built the program there, then moved on to educator positions in Virginia, Michigan and Mississippi. During his decades teaching, he also curated exhibits for such luminaries as Milton Avery and Jasper Johns; studied nationally and in Italy and Greece; and exhibited his own abstract work. Busy as he was in the classroom, the brush always beckoned.

East Dallas.

A few years ago, McCarter left academia to do what he loves most, and he became a full-time studio artist. Where to retire was not a difficult decision. He wanted to come home to East Dallas.

“The space, the culture and the energy are all here,” he says, sitting in his modest home near White Rock Lake. “The community is a perfect blend of older citizens and young couples with young children. The neighborhood isn’t dying out, it’s being reborn, almost a renaissance. There’s a thirst for the creative here.”

He laughs as he adds, “It’s like the 1960s — a hotbed for social and aesthetic culture.”

He couldn’t stay out of the classroom, accepting teaching positions at the Creative Arts Center and Bath House Cultural Center. He recently led CAC students in a course on using meditation as a pathway to creating abstract art.

As he’d hoped, he’s spending much of his time creating new works, many of which have been displayed around Dallas.

He continues adding to his art series entitled “Whimsical,” abstractions filled with the aforementioned birds, snakes and all manner of animals as messengers. His art process always begins with meditation.

“It relaxes me and helps me find my deepest soul,” he says, “letting the piece tell me what it wants to become.”

Patti Vinson is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for over 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate andReal Simple magazine, and has taught college writing.

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It’s been 28 years since the Woodrow Wilson girls basketball team was district champ, but the 2018 team captured the first title since 1990. Third-year head coach Elizabeth Schubert researched the records and found that this was only the second time the girls basketball team ever won district for Woodrow. “These kids want to play and love the game,” Schubert says. “If they make my team, I will teach them the love of the game.” The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches voted Woodrow’s boys basketball team into the top 10 in the state in February. The team went undefeated in district play. When coach Pat Washington took over the program 18 years ago, it was all the team could do to not get beat by 60 points. However, during the last 12 years his teams have qualified for the playoffs and earned five district championships. “I fashion myself as a builder,” he says. “I like putting things together.” The Woodrow Wilson swim teams placed in the top four at the UIL Region 4-5A competition last weekend. The girls team finished second and the boys team was fourth out of 30 schools The state qualifiers for Woodrow are Claire and Helen Agee, Abigail Giles, Noelle Martinez, Irina Starostine, Riley Daniel and Katherine Chauza. The teams are coached by Varner and Caitlin Knoll. The Bryan Adams High School swim team is sending eight athletes to state. The boys team finished second in the region and the girls placed fourth. The boys state qualifiers are are Mike Hernandez , Joey Cook , Merritt Curtis and Abel Fetahi . The Adams girls qualified for state for the first time, and the state-bound athletes Naomi Arcega, Anja Cronjaeger, Mackenzie Patterson and Isabel Hall. The team is coached by Nick Enriquez

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Police arrested a man suspected in the killing of his roommate after authorities found the roommate’s body in an apartment in the 5600 block of SMU Blvd., near Greenville Ave. The Dallas Morning News reported that police charged Bobby Fongu Ngendung, 23, with murder in the death of Michael Mitchel. Police said they found Mitchel’s body in Ngendung’s bedroom with marks that indicating Mitchel was choked by a cord or rope. Ngendung was arrested at the hospital and booked into Dallas County Jail, where he remains with a bail set at $200,000. There were two kidnappings at two different East Dallas Walgreens, last month. In each instance, a man hid in the back of an open vehicle, taking the driver hostage when they got in their car. In both instances, the driver was forced to go to ATMs and withdraw cash at several locations. A 17-year-old who matched the description of the suspect was arrested in Kansas while driving one of the victim’s cars.

By GEORGE MASON

Idle worship

The Super Bowl this year was a tale of two quarterbacks: Tom Brady and Nick Foles. Both were extraordinary: Brady was the league MVP; Foles, the Super Bowl MVP. Each brought a religious fervor to his play, but I will pass on Brady’s and recommend you catch Foles’.

We don’t often see examples of blatant idolatry. Brady is a remarkable athlete with a zeal for his sport that is second to none, but he has literally (and for once you may take literally literally) turned his devotion to football into his religion.

Now, Texans know something about the temptation to making football their real religion. Friday Night Lights. The hole in the roof of the old Cowboys’ stadium so that God could watch heaven’s favorite team play. But we always knew there was something more to faithful faith than fervent fandom. This is different.

Brady has written a book that outlines the lifestyle of a disciple. The TB12 Method is the athlete’s bible of physical and mental fitness that promises peak performance in return for total dedication. In the first episode of a TV documentary on this, titled Tom vs. Time, the 40-yearold Brady challenges his challengers: “If you’re going to compete against me, you better be willing to give up your life, because I’m giving up mine.”

Jesus: “If any would be my disciples, let them deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.” Taking up your cross is tantamount to giving up your life. But for what?

In ancient agrarian religions, devotees sacrificed to the gods in hopes of fertility and harvest. Prosperity religion — whether ancient or modern — is transactional: Give a worthy sacrifice to a god and in return the god will give worldly success.

Religions derived from Abraham — whether Judaism, Christianity or Islam — operate differently. These covenantal religions, rightly conceived, are relational rather than transactional. Spiritual sacrifice is the giving up of self-centeredness for God-centeredness. And God-cen - teredness is proven by neighbor-love. Success is measured in the wellbeing of the weak and vulnerable, the poor and marginalized. True religion is not about building human empires — whether political, economic or athletic.

Nick Foles’ Christianity is rooted in the alchemy of human weakness and divine strength. It keeps ambition grounded. It attends to the plight of others. It sees personal failure, not just personal success, as a gateway to lasting glory.

“Failure is a part of life,” Foles said after the Super Bowl. “It’s a part of building character and growing. … We are all human, and we all have weaknesses. …

Worship

Baptist

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Worship & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

Disciples Of Christ

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel

10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

Lutheran

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Pastor Rich Pounds

Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am / CentralLutheran.org

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

Methodist

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am 4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

MUNGER PLACE CHURCH

Come and See mungerplace.org

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE POINTE CHURCH – WHITE ROCK CAMPUS Classic Service at 9:30 & Contemporary Service at 11:00 am lakepointe.org / 9150 Garland Road

God could watch heaven’s favorite team play.

I’m not perfect. I’m not Superman. … I still have daily struggles. And that’s where my faith comes in.”

Idolatry substitutes a created god for the Creator God. More than affront to the Divine honor, the problem is eternally practical: If you turn football (or work, or even family) into your ultimate reality, the end zone is still a cemetery. We are wise to worship a God who can raise us up after our final fall.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

Presbyterian

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Sundays 8:30 & 11:00 am Sunday School 9:35am / All Are Welcome

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road

8:15 am Chapel, 9:30 & 11:00 am Sanctuary, 5:00 pm Founder’s Hall Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / Skillman & Monticello Rev. Rob Leischner / www.standrewsdallas.org

214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

Unity

UNITY ON GREENVILLE / Your soul is welcome here!

3425 Greenville Ave. / 214.826.5683 / www.dallasunity.org

Sunday Service 11:00 am and Book Study 9:30 am

Holy Week At Central Lutheran Church

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DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 30 Yrs.

FENN CONSTRUCTION Manufactored hardwoods. Stone and Tile. Back-splash Specials. 214-343-4645

FLOORING & CARPETING

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE

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GARAGE SERVICES

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LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

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HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Residential/ Commercial. Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOME REPAIR HANDYMAN Small/Big Jobs + Construction. 30 Yrs. Exp. Steve. 214-875-1127

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

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House Painting

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A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

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RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

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Top ways to transition your mind from winter to spring. Spring is ready to break through with its beautiful blooms. Spruce up your body and life with these tips for spring.

1) Look out for your liver — The liver is one of the most important organs for renewing, cleansing and energizing the body. The liver is related to your ability to plan ahead.

2) Cleanse the body — In winter time we focus on over indulgence and hearty meals. Spring time should balance that with a focus on digestion and detoxification.

3) Spring clean — It is as important to spring clean your house as it is your body. Donate unwanted clutter, move out big furniture and deep clean forgotten corners.

4) Come out of hibernation — In winter we tend to retreat to our warm homes. Spring is the time to open the windows and get some fresh air. Here’s to a healthy, prosperous spring.

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

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MORTGAGE SERVICES

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MOVING

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