Living in an enormous Art House! Prayer is art, art is life!
My home is where art and spirituality meet; where creativity and Kingdom intersect; where our imaginations are baptized into His. Where our image becomes more His Image!
If, as st Paul taught, we are being brought into alignment with His Image, and His Image is the exact copy or symbol or representation of His Father’s (Colossians). Conformed to His Image of Himself! Then life is about being “formed into the model and shape of His Image”. The “sanctification process is from image to Image! The whole of life is that creative process of spiritual formation. He is the exact symbol of God, and we are being wrought into that image according to Paul.
Creativity and being human are synonyms in other words. It’s one enormous art house!
This intersection between creativity and true spirituality is always where I’ve felt at home, anyway. We are God’s art projects, and His method is to carve and sculpt us towards and into The IMAGE of His Son who is the precise symbol of Himself. Life is art, in other words! Creativity implies a living spirituality! Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is art!
So in school, i studied the relationship between art and religion—it was the closest i could get to where i felt I “met” God. Dreams, art and visions have always been our “tabernacle of meeting” since i was young.
In His Imagination, and His expression through religion. I am, therefore I create….true of God, true of us! Just a thought about art and faith your way today friends—working towards an article on the topic again!
Creativity implies freedom, because where the Spirit is, there is freedom. I like living in freedom, so decided the best way was to live a creative life! So far, it’s worked!
Creativity is also a weapon against legalism and religion without God. Creativity implies actually spiritually awake living. I’ll stick with it, as a way.
Interestingly, creativity is also where prayer occurs! Prayer is creative collaboration–we make art with The Spirit, as we pray, we groan and see alongside! When we pray, we see and hear and sense, new options in the situation. Prayer is a creative act! And we are told to pray without ceasing! Prayer is to art non-stop!