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A New Year

A new year. 2012. You saw it coming. Here it is.

 

What will you do? You believe God called you.

 

Will you follow, or do you just enjoying talking about it? Will you be diligent, or disobedient?


Will you train, or will you sleep?


Will you paint, or will you let your inks and paints dry?


Will you write, or will you leave the paper blank?


Will you actively engage God through His Word, or will you avoid it by reading only what everyone else is saying about Him?


Will you...

 

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Your Artistic Life? Are You Guilty?

You call yoursekf a Christian artist, or maybe an artist who is a Christian.

How is that indicated? Are you taking both faith and art seriously?

Ask yourself this: if on trial, suspected of being a Christian artist, what evidence would they have against you?
Or would the judge say, "This guy? All talk. Set him free. He is no worry to us."

How Do You Bring Your Art Out of Hiding?

Hiding good things under a basket?

1. Do you show your work in a gallery?
2. Submit it to publishers?
3. Self-publish it?
4. Work with your church to lead a program?
5. Train kids at VBS?
6. Work with your community to promote the arts?
7. Teach?

You tell me. Give me ideas.

Christian Arts Groups?

I am part of a Christian arts group based in Wheaton, Illinois. All art forms. It is good for me to be around people whose art is different in style, focus and medii than mine. It helps keep me sharp and creative.

Tell me about yours.

Sharper still... As a writer, a critique group is helpful. A great way of iron sharpening iron.

I've recently started attending Word Weavers, a national Christian critique group. It is a subset of the Christian Writer's Guild, led by Jerry Jenkins. Jenkins, as you may know, had a long career writer before his amazing Left Beghind success. He is now passing on his knowledge.

See what it is all about.

http://www.wordweaversonline.com/

Also see: Are You in a Christian Artist Group?

The Aim of Art?

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
- Aristotle

What do you think? 

How Was Karitos 2011?

What's your story?