Sorry it has been a very long time since a new post has been put up! Ali and I are still trying to figure out how we want to do all this, especially now that we are living at opposite ends of the country and don't get to have as many one-on-one conversations that lead to journaling as before.
I was reading this article today and thought I'd post the link. It's about poetry and creative writing, an art form that I think seems most hard for the general public these days to appreciate or understand. Even I am guilty of the attitude the author describes in the first paragraph sometimes. It's a good reminder of the art form's beauty and importance and has some great tie-ins and examples from scripture! Have a look:
http://stoneworks-arts.org/stoneworks/archives/1766
I think my favorite quote comes near the end:
[E]very kind of artwork--every poem, story, painting, photograph, musical composition, and dance--has the potential to become a type of 'pilgrim's progress,' moving the reader or audience from man's reality to God's reality, from earth to the heavenly city where Christ has ascended.
--Randall Smith, from "A Pilgrim's Progress to the Heavenly City"
