The artistic vision : cultivating a sacramental imagination for creative practice / Alex Sosler, Gary Ball.
| Author/creator | Sosler, Alex, 1989- author. |
| Other author | Ball, Gary, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | ix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Physical medium | illustration |
| Contents | Easy materialism: reducing reality -- Cheap spirituality: overlooking reality ; The "integration of faith and art / David J.P. Hooker -- The visible and invisible: toward a sacramental imagination ; Pastoral reflections: seeing the world sacramentally (with Kevin Ude) -- Creative ways of being and seeing: the artistic sacramental imagination ; Historical practice: the Oxford Movement and Victorian artists -- Reading Scripture and reading our lives: on symbolism, signs, and analogy -- Are you ready to see?: mystery and reserve ; Artist reflections / Gary Ball -- Seeing as participation: art as means of grace ; Pastoral reflection: the pure in heart shall see God -- What use is the church for artists?: together in community ; The joint/joining placemaking work of artist and church / Jennifer Allen Craft. |
| Abstract | "When you look at the world, what do you see? As an artist, your creativity stems from your vision. The problem in the modern world is how often one's imagination is fragmented and reduced--between worship and work, the body and soul, the material and the spiritual. Written to practicing artists and those who pastor them, The Artistic Vision encourages artists who long for a greater sense of purpose and a greater sense of wholeness, proposing that seeing the material world as a shadow of spiritual realities will lead them toward an expression that joins faith and practice. Drawing from the Oxford Movement and artistic examples like Christina Rosetti and Flannery O'Connor, Ball and Sosler present a sacramental way of seeing the world: the invisible through the visible, the spiritual through the material, the divine through creation. Interspersed with practical vignettes from artists and pastoral reflection, The Artistic Vision helps artists regain an enchanted, mysterious, and reverent vision of life. Artists neither have to check their faith at the studio door, nor produce kitschy or easy art. By creating with a sacramental vision, they are seeing the world "charged with the grandeur of God" and inviting viewers into that participation."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165) |
| LCCN | 2024442918 |
| ISBN | 9781666760132 paperback |
| ISBN | 1666760137 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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