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ISBN:
9780300255935
Content:
" From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential8212 and often overlooked8212 role in the spiritual life Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of making. What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise. Ranging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, and from Mark Rothko to Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God's being and God's grace permeating our lives. This poignant and beautiful book offers the perspective of, in Christian Wiman's words, an accidental theologian, one who comes to spiritual questions always through the prism of art."
Content:
Biographisches: " Makoto Fujimura is the founder of the International Arts Movement and the Fujimura Institute, and co-founder of the Kintsugi Academy. He lives in Princeton, NJ." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 30, 2020 Painter Fujimura ( Culture Care ) centers creativity in this elegant treatise that blends reflections from his own artistic practice with biblical texts. He proposes a “theology of making,” or practicing one’s spiritual beliefs through the creation of art, and argues that humanity needs more than “plumbing theology,” which offers utilitarian tools for solving a problem. Fujimura argues that “culture has led to a dehumanized view of art” and that art must be “treated as a gift, not just a commodity.” He implores Christian artists to consider the ways in which their process relates to God’s reliance on cooperation to bring about his intentions, such as the human involvement in making the bread and wine of the Eucharist. He closes with a long, beautiful exegesis of the raising of Lazarus and a call for “practicing resurrection” by expanding what one imagines is possible through the creation of art. Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art. "
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