The Weight Art & Culture - "A Theology of Making" with Makoto Fujimura
Chris is joined by contemporary artist Makoto Fujimura, author of Art + Faith: A Theology of Making. His book explores the role of creativity in the spiritual life, and it draws upon quiet disciplines such as awareness and waiting. The meditative space that Fujimura creates for prayer and praise breaks open new avenues to seek the never-ending depths of God’s beauty and grace. Sophisticated and intellectual, Fujimura’s art has been praised as a vehicle for hope, healing, redemption, and refuge.
Fujimura explains how the power, mystery, and depth of art drive us to ask deeper questions.
He introduces his spiritual discipline of “slow art,” speaks to the nuances of tradition, and ponders the ways art can liberate us in our cultural context. Fujimura gives us space to identify where we meet Jesus in both making and consuming. This conversation speaks to the healing gift of art as culture care, rather than a commodity.
Follow Makoto Fujimura on the web:
Check out Makoto Fujimura’s book Art and Faith: A Theology of Making here:
https://culturecarecreative.com
Learn more about Makoto Fujimura’s art here:
https://www.waterfall-gallery.com/makoto-fujimura
Read Makoto Fujimura’s biography here:
https://imagejournal.org/artist/makoto-fujimura/
Follow Mako on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/makotofujimuraart
https://twitter.com/iamfujimura