Comments on: Art and the Church http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019 david hayward is an artist trapped inside an pastor's body Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: laura http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41228 Mon, 19 May 2008 07:36:55 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41228 I have used the Artist Way and think it's a GREAT book! Won't be buying "The Creative Call" that's for sure... I find it odd though when people have to "christianize" things like that in order to think it's some how more legitimate for Christians. rant over. I have used the Artist Way and think it’s a GREAT book! Won’t be buying “The Creative Call” that’s for sure… I find it odd though when people have to “christianize” things like that in order to think it’s some how more legitimate for Christians.

rant over.

]]> by: Recovering http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41181 Sat, 17 May 2008 23:26:36 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41181 I completely agree with your post. Very well said! I completely agree with your post. Very well said!

]]> by: cynthia http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41118 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:28 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-41118 Lots of thoughts in the area regarding creative imagination. If we worship God we are tapping into an unstoppable creative force. Everything is eternally new nano second by nano second. Scientific and religious institutions need creative thinking in general to move into the next era and get beyond the polarizing dogma shaping these institutions. Just as living can become an art, so might science and faith become arts filled with creative and explorative expression. Both have foundational truths - but the peripheral elements are non static, in motion, a journey. It would be great if science and faith could more fully realize the visible and invisible non changing attributes along with the radical creative attributes of God. The church needs to get a much bigger picture of the arts, culture, and God's creativity in general. It needs to decide if it values true creative expression or not. Creative thinking and activity thrives on chaos. If chaos is not there it will create it - since art initiates cultural change. Lots of thoughts in the area regarding creative imagination. If we worship God we are tapping into an unstoppable creative force. Everything is eternally new nano second by nano second. Scientific and religious institutions need creative thinking in general to move into the next era and get beyond the polarizing dogma shaping these institutions. Just as living can become an art, so might science and faith become arts filled with creative and explorative expression. Both have foundational truths - but the peripheral elements are non static, in motion, a journey. It would be great if science and faith could more fully realize the visible and invisible non changing attributes along with the radical creative attributes of God. The church needs to get a much bigger picture of the arts, culture, and God’s creativity in general. It needs to decide if it values true creative expression or not. Creative thinking and activity thrives on chaos. If chaos is not there it will create it - since art initiates cultural change.

]]> by: Liberate the artists! « Open hands http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-40973 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:35:43 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2019#comment-40973 [...] Liberate the artists! May 14, 2008 Naked Pastor once again is giving us food for thought.  Thanks David.  He reminds us why the arts seem to fail so miserably in religious settings.  We need to be offended - challenged - provoked - enraptured - delighted - and revolutionized by artists.  And we don’t often find this kind of art done by the Christian community.  The church is generally a censorious community. In this environment art is sanitized, tame and conformist. It is still art, but functions as a reinforcement of the system. Expression is controlled and edited from start to finish. This kills art because it kills creativity because it kills freedom. Instead, allow people to be free without scrutiny. (I even hate the word “allow” because it assumes it needs to be given when it is already ours.) In due time, after people begin to realize that they are loved and accepted unconditionally, the creative spirit will surface and artistic diversity will abound. This is the harder but more genuine way. It means taking care of the roots. If the root is unfettered freedom, then fruitful and artistic living happens. It is the diversity of human expression of personality that makes the artful life. Until this is nurtured art will be repressed. [...] […] Liberate the artists! May 14, 2008 Naked Pastor once again is giving us food for thought.  Thanks David.  He reminds us why the arts seem to fail so miserably in religious settings.  We need to be offended - challenged - provoked - enraptured - delighted - and revolutionized by artists.  And we don’t often find this kind of art done by the Christian community.  The church is generally a censorious community. In this environment art is sanitized, tame and conformist. It is still art, but functions as a reinforcement of the system. Expression is controlled and edited from start to finish. This kills art because it kills creativity because it kills freedom. Instead, allow people to be free without scrutiny. (I even hate the word “allow” because it assumes it needs to be given when it is already ours.) In due time, after people begin to realize that they are loved and accepted unconditionally, the creative spirit will surface and artistic diversity will abound. This is the harder but more genuine way. It means taking care of the roots. If the root is unfettered freedom, then fruitful and artistic living happens. It is the diversity of human expression of personality that makes the artful life. Until this is nurtured art will be repressed. […]

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