“Art” Articles

True inspiration must be free because it must be an act of love and not coercion.

Wallace presents various insights scattered like seeds throughout the book, though perhaps not as many sustained analyses as one might hope.

The success of these two productions indicates that people are intrigued by a human, divine, holy, and likable Christ.

My understanding of my faith compels me to take a stand in favor of poptimism, and against elitism, in the arts.

Stephen Atherholt plays poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the film I Heard the Bells.

By taking foundational points from two cultures, Hokusai provided access for both societies to feel comfortable while exploring the foreign.

In U2’s Songs of Innocence, the artist can participate in this reality of love, but only if he can first humbly admit the poverty of his own soul.

At the heart of Station Eleven is a conflict between affirmation of Life and negation of Life. Affirmation wins.

In The Aviator, Vodolazkin redirects our attention away from history as a sequence of ideological movements and towards the individual actions of human beings, each imbued with eternity.

Stories aren’t “Christian” or “not Christian.” They either tell the truth or they don’t.

Perhaps it was inevitable that, back when I was looking forward to a summer of attending and reviewing performances of all nine symphonies, it was all about to crash and burn.

“Further up and further in” is an imaginary concept, informed by legend and myth, and also Scripture. These are invitations for all to partake in bigger experiences, conversations, joy, and peace.

Erin and Hannah wrap up The Creative Process series with a discussion about the tensions that must be acknowledged as part of the creative life.

Erin and Hannah continue their series, The Creative Process, by inviting Erik Lokkesmoe to a conversation about marketing reach and impact in creative work.

All these struggles to define what art is really boil down to fear—a fear that elitism will strangle joy out of what it is we all enjoy consuming.

Persuasion has a guest! Helen Lee joins us for a conversation about voice development, reaching your audience, and handling rejection as part of our series The Creative Process.