Basically there can be no categories such as 'religious' art and 'secular' art, because all true art is incarnational, and therefore 'religious.
Interpretation
Art transcends boundaries and is inherently connected to the spiritual or divine.
Madeleine L'Engle argues that all art, regardless of its subject matter, possesses a deeper essence that connects it to the divine. This perspective suggests that true art is a reflection of the human experience and spiritual truths, making it impossible to strictly categorize art as either 'religious' or 'secular'. Instead, all art serves as an incarnation of life and emotion, embodying spiritual resonance.
In practice
This quote can be used in an art critique to emphasize the spiritual depth of a piece.
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the image of Moroccan women.
The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.
It's tricky when you're doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don't have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.
Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning. An art school is a place where about three people work with feverish energy and everybody else idles to a degree that I should have conceived unattainable by human nature.
I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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