Clinging to traditon?

Chaplin and Brand believe that Christians artists have the opportunity to meet society in a way the church has failed to -- by being unconventional and personal. How can we hold to tradition and still offer something new and perhaps unexpected?

Creative Communities

As artists we are called to both serve in and live in specific communities. Brand and Chaplin give us some starting points as to what this community embodies. How can we start, here and now, establishing a community where those who make art and those who receive art come together in dialogue ans share each others gifts?

Questions/Thoughts from Seerveld Q&A

Please post some of your thoughts/questions/observations from the session with Seerveld. Did anything challenge or resonate in particular?

A question from Chapter 6 of Seerveld's Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves

How can we incorporate our faith in our art form in a way that people can identify -- but do so in a way that doesn't come across as "self-righteously doctrinal"?

A question from "Art and a Fallen World"

Do you think that through the arts, people have been seeking and longing for the Garden of Eden: longing for paradise lost or perhaps what is to come? Is there anything wrong with this?

A question from "Art and a Playful God"

Why do you think we place so little emphasis on the creation story but so much on Jesus death in forming our worldview? Do you think the church plays a role in this way of thinking, and how has it affected our understanding of the arts?

Art: Neccesary or Luxury

A question posed in the latest precis:

The legitimacy of art has been contested for centuries, but Christian questions about its "usefulness" can sometimes seem valid. For instance, as Seerveld asks, how is it all right to enjoy a live theatre performance when our neighbour is going to hell? Some might argue that art's allusivity can have a purpose, but is less useful than a more direct method, such as bringing aid to a third-world country. How should we respond to this?