Christians give credit to God as the Creator of all things, and remark on the wonder and beauty of His majestic feats. Pagans too acknowledge the beauty of the universe in everything from its rich simplicity to its mind-boggling complexity. The world around us, and every characteristic of it, is remarkable—that it only took one individual to make it all, and make it functional for all time. God get’s credit for a lot of roles (the First and the Last, the Chief Physician, The Creator, The Savior, etc.), but rarely do we look to God as the Master Artist. Continue reading
Tag Archives: artistry
Symbolism All Around Us
I’ve been listening to this teacher James Jordan’s series called How to Read the Bible (Again) for the First Time. Actually, I heard it the firs time a couple of months ago, but once wasn’t nearly enough to absorb all of his ideas, let alone to see if I agree with them. It’s roughly six hours long. The good thing about my job is that from time to time I have work that doesn’t inhibit me from taking a listen to teaching during the work day, and since everyone that works in my department was gone on to a work related conference last week, but for myself, I took the opportunity to listen to the audio series again. In fact, it was so good, I proceeded to listen to all six parts Monday through Friday, and each time continued to pick different stuff up from Jordan’s messages. Continue reading
Art for Commercialization
As I was saying yesterday, art is primarily used commercially. You may take this for granted, or flat out object. Some artists like to defend their work as purely inspirational—as if to say, it doesn’t mean anything, but it is intended to get you thinking and inspire you to draw your own conclusions… And on the gobble-dee-gook goes. This is all sweet-sounding empty-thinking. All art has a definitive purpose/use. One way or the other, that always involves something commercial, unless the art is good for nothing. Continue reading
Commercial Art vs. Pure Art
I work full-time in the art and video department of American Vision, a for profit company/publisher/ministry. Even before I worked there, most of my previous work involved a great deal of graphic design. This work has always appealed to me because artistry runs in the family. I have several cousins that are full-time in marketing and the arts. One of my uncles was the cartoonist at Six Flags Over Georgia when he was out of college. In keeping up with the family and my own goals, I do my best to add to my experience and knowledge of the arts from time to time. Here are some of my observations. Continue reading
