Internationally acclaimed visual artist and writer Makoto Fujimura shares how watching his art come to life on the canvas helps him understand God's invitation to us to be co-creators with Him, how making art is a way of loving God's broken world, and of loving others. Makoto says, "God of the Bible is the Creator, and therefore it's impossible to understand this God without having some sort of understanding of making and creating into the world." Quotes
"Creativity and imagination, I would say, is a critical center of our understanding of God. God of the Bible is the Creator, and therefore it's impossible to understand this God without having some sort of understanding of making and creating into the world." —Makoto Fujimura
"I consider my studio to be the most sacred place that I know. It's felt that way since when I was a child. I didn't know where this flow came from, but I knew it wasn't mine and I knew it was a gift. And so I felt that sense of tapping into something greater, something more transcendent has always been there for me, and art has always been connected to, therefore, my spiritual life. And it was a way of seeking God for me." —Makoto Fujimura
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Art + Faith, the Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura
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