artuality

Recently, I went with a friend to the Dallas Museum of Art to see the Olafur Eliasson exhibit.

The theme for this month's Artuality carnival is furniture. How does furniture inspire you?

Some of you, being more visually artistic than I am, may tell us about a particular piece or style beautiful and artistic in its creation. You may choose to tell us how a particular piece inspires you spiritually.

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.