“The Church needs artists because the world needs artists to show it Beauty and to bring hope and joy into the world.” At the close of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pope Paul VI addressed the artists of the world. “We now address you, artists, who are taken up withContinue Reading
“The work of the artist assumes the role of a sacramental…helping us to attain the disposition necessary to receive God’s grace and allow grace to guide us in our work and our lives.” In 1952 Pope Pius XII addressed a group of Italian artists on the occasion of the sixthContinue Reading
Storyteller is perhaps one of the most obvious roles of the artist. But when it comes to painters it is also one of the most maligned. As a people we seem to take endless delight into putting people into ever more specific categories. It is not enough to be anContinue Reading
God never ceases to call each and every one of us. We are called to the same work, the same “Great Commission.” but we respond to that work in different ways according to our gifts. The Prodigal Son Do you remember the story of the Prodigal Son? In the parableContinue Reading
What is the theme of your life? What is your world view? I was recently in an online conversation regarding Archbishop Goh’s recent statement about the upcoming concert by Madonna on her world tour stop in Singapore. It soon became apparent that the person I was trading emails with had aContinue Reading
Art is a Medium of Revelation. God is the source of all that is beautiful. Art is the language of Beauty. Art, architecture and music, therefore, are absolutely ways for God to speak to the world. According to Pope Saint John Paul II, the person who has a unique vocationContinue Reading
“Man’s purpose is to know God and to love him and to serve Him. We do this by working towards the perfection of the world.” The Beauty of Creation On the sixth day of creation, “God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good.” Genesis 1:31Continue Reading
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder? What is Beauty? Is it objective or subjective? Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? It has been said that we fear what we do not understand. We grow to hate what we fear. And we destroy what we hate.Continue Reading
“Michelangelo worked with a sense of urgency as if he were afraid he would not have time to explore all that he saw of God’s beauty in the work he created.” The old that is strong does not whither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.” – J.R.R. TolkienContinue Reading