I'm finally reading a book I've been meaning to read for awhile called "It Was Good" Making Art to the Glory of God." I'm only a few pages in and I'm already inspired and encouraged. The first section is about God's goodness and how it compels artists to express it in a broken world:
"His common grace extends to every sphere of life and reaches all of our senses--the crunch of leaves during a walk on a crisp fall day, the tang from the first sip of a robust cabernet, the initial peek at waves through dune grasses, the whiff of chocolate chip cookies cooling in the kitchen, the crush of a black velvet dress on a starlit night, the song of a bird on a winter morning, the warmth of mashed potatoes with gravy, the curve of a new mother's breast, the fragrance from a bank of honeysuckle in bloom, the pudgy cheeks of a toddler--all of these things betray God's righteous hedonism and romp under the umbrella of His ultimate goodness as a covenant keeping King."
About this blog:
Years ago, my sister and I went to see the Darjeeling Limited in theater. Afterwards, we were talking about the movie and about our love for creating art. We shared a similar problem: we put our art last to the business of our lives and thus hardly ever made time to create anything. My sister suggested that we make a commitment to create a piece of art every week. She jokingly said "Can we agree to that?" in reference to the line Owen Wilson used repeatedly in the movie.
Although I tried at first to stick to our commitment, I've lapsed into not making time to create. I'm hoping this blog will help me rededicate time to that purpose.
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