artuality

Advent holds ideas of waiting, anticipation, peace, hope, incarnation, justice. I think of Mary, her hands rubbing her belly. I think of the shepherds, searching Bethlehem. I think of the wise men, following a star. All waiting.

December's issue of Glimpses goes out tomorrow. This issue has an interview with the band, willowfair, a band I discovered through NoiseTrade. It also has artwork by David Blow. The meditation this month, fittingly enough, is on the Advent season and creativity.

I love in The King and I, the king's love of the phrase, "etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." I hear it in my head every time I think of that word.

Today's etceteras:

Today's Artuality day! Our theme this month is movies. How have movies or a movie inspired you artistically or spiritually?

November's Artuality will be up on Wednesday. Art has been a shaping force in my life. Through art, I encounter God, am challenged to think in new ways, and see new perspectives. Art influences my spirituality, my art, and my life. Because of this, I started Artuality, a monthly festival celebrating how art shapes us.

I knew it was at the Art Institute of Chicago. Walking in, I asked the nearest museum worker, "Where are Chagall's works?" She handed me a map then pointed down the hall. I approached the room as if walking toward the dead. Before turning the corner, I paused.

Introducing a new monthly festival on art and life!

Art has been a shaping force in my life. Through art, I encounter God, am challenged to think in new ways, and see new perspectives. Art influences my spirituality, my art, and my life.