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.
Colors are the deeds/ and sufferings of light.
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God.
If a picture wasn't going very well, I'd put a puppy in it.
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images.
When I watch a movie, someone's beauty isn't what engages me: it's what's going on internally. And I imagine it's what the audience thinks, too.
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