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Re: Christian art
hey, you're reading the penguin book- am i wrong?
>From: Jeff McCloud <teamccloud at yahoo_com>
>Reply-To: Jeff McCloud <teamccloud at yahoo_com>
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: Christian art
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:09:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>The latest discussion on Christian music seems to
>have run its course, but I just read this today
>from Madelein L'Engle, which is pertinent:
>
>"Stories, no matter how simple, can be vehicles
>of the truth; can be, in fact, icons. It's no
>coincidence that Jesus taught almost entirely by
>telling stories, simple stories dealing with the
>stuff of life familiar to the Jews of his day.
>Stories are able to help us become more whole, to
>become Named. And Naming is on of the impulses
>behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos we
>see despite all the chaos.
>
>"God asked Adam to name all the animals, which
>was asking Adam to help in the creation of their
>wholeness. When we name each other, we are
>sharing in the joy and privilege of incarnation,
>and all great works of art are icons of Naming.
>
>"When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony,
>or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for
>us, that work is a work of Christian art. But to
>look at a work of art and then to make a judgment
>as to whether or not it is art, and whether or
>not it is Christian, is presumptuous. It is
>something we cannot know in any conclusive way.
>We only kno if it speaks within our own hearts,
>and leads us to living more deeply with Christ in
>God."
>
>Jeff McCloud
>teamccloud at yahoo_com
>
>
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