A lot of our art making is instinctive. What compels us to create is something inside that needs to get out. That is why the quality of our interior life is so important. If we are living righteously and God’s laws are constantly before us, then the imaginations of our heart will reflect that. If we are constantly learning from Scripture, even our unconscious will is being purified, and our dreams will be different from the dreams of the unregenerate person.
From Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
by Steve Turner.
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Not a traditional crossword but lots of fun!
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Self Portrait
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
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The word Rubenesque came from Peter Paul Rubens.
Rubenesque
of a woman’s body, “rounded and plump,” 1913, of the type characteristic of the paintings of Flem. painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
(Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rubenesque)
Artists have no special protection [from evil]. In fact, because of their tendency to be curious about all forms of experience and their need to avoid rigid forms of thinking, they are probably more vulnerable to temptation. The standard protection kit offered to all Christians is the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of readiness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit and prayer (Ephesians 6). We can’t survive with the T-shirt of Sunday school memories and the baseball cap of personal vision.
(Italics mine)
From Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts by Steve Turner.
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“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
George Orwell was the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950). His books include Animal Farm and 1984.
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The Annunciation, one of my favorite “annunciations” and one of my favorite paintings by this artist.
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I have been a fan of paper-based sudoku for a long time, but I’ve always been frustrated with the computer versions because you have to switch back and forth between the number keys and a mouse. I was really pleased to discover jigsawdoku, because it’s exclusively mouse-based and just as much fun as the original.
Artists, even those who are Christian, are fallen people observing a fallen world. Because the world is fallen we have to take notice of its brokenness and acknowledge it in our work. Because we ourselves are fallen we have to monitor our perceptions, because we know that they can be distorted by sin. We should hesitate before calling anything we do Christian art because we don’t know how much of our own pride, selfishness or ignorance has polluted our vision.
From Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts by Steve Turner.
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