tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9687164.post5277054310881153636..comments2023-05-22T14:30:13.565+01:00Comments on Living Stones: Walking around the art roomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08332622961166177933noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9687164.post-58600111361721845792011-04-01T18:16:33.002+01:002011-04-01T18:16:33.002+01:00Aw thanks Gareth! Yeh its such a huge question we ...Aw thanks Gareth! Yeh its such a huge question we need to think about when it comes to art: commodity for consumption or a relationship? It will change the way we not just view art, but perhaps everything from media, relationships, work and evangelism etc...esp in a world where we are all seen as consumers! <br /><br />Schaeffer is brilliant isnt he? and this quote is so challenging! I certainly have to think about this more and chew it over. :) Thanks.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332622961166177933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9687164.post-82571441783318107062011-03-31T15:30:34.729+01:002011-03-31T15:30:34.729+01:00I love this Cat! You've basically hit on the c...I love this Cat! You've basically hit on the crucial issue - is art a commodity to be consumed (and therefore liked and disliked), or a relationship? If it's a relationship, then whether or not you like a piece can't be the end of your engagement with it.<br /><br />One of the most influential paragraphs I've ever read was by Francis Schaeffer on this idea. It's pretty much revolutionised the way I think about not just art, but about culture in general (and you've basically summarised it here!):<br /><i>“These paintings, these poems and these demonstrations which we have been talking about are the expression of men who are struggling with their appalling lostness. Dare we laugh at such things? Dare we feel superior when we view their tortured expressions in their art? Christians should stop laughing and take such men seriously. Then we shall have the right to speak again to our generation. These men are dying while they live, yet where is our compassion for them? There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.”</i>gazleaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322468335496377036noreply@blogger.com