Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination, and Spirit: Reflections on Creativity and Faith

ISBN-13: 9780849929649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 226 str.

Luci Shaw

Opis

-The double question we must always ask is, 'How does faith inform art?' and 'How can art animate faith?'-Imagination, appreciation of beauty, creativity: all of these qualities have been given to us by God. For the Christian artist, the drive to create something wonderful is also a means to glorify and better understand our Lord. Using excerpts from her own works as well as those of writers who have gone before her--Emily Dickinson, Annie Dillard, C.S. Lewis, and others--poet and writer Luci Shaw proves that symbolism and metaphor provide ways for humans to experience God in new and powerful ways.Shaw offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of art, creativity, and faith. Believing that art emanates from God, she shows how imagination and spirituality -work in tandem, each feeding on and nourishing the other.- Faith informs art and art enhances faith. They both, for each other, are -breath for the bones.-Provocative, enlightening, and above all, inspiring, Breath for the Bones will help readers discover the artist within, and bring them further along the path to God Himself.Include s Discussion Questions and Writing Exercises