THE AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART IN ART

a wrestling for the full pleasures in art

From the preface: What does an artist delight in as he labors in his art? What should an artist delight in? Do I run after the praises of man or the praise of God in my artistic endeavors? Do I hope in man or in God for my satisfaction to be realized in the arts? Are my artistic endeavors about giving or about receiving? What motivates a work? What motivates me? Is my heart enslaved by the fear of man or free in the fear of God? Do I seek God or the market for inspiration? Am I or art or God the end in a work of art? These questions, and many others, are not unique to artists. If you can breathe and reason, then put your life’s labor in the question and meditate on the Bible for a while, the whole Bible. But artists in particular, with all of our creating and expressing, need to take a serious look at own heart’s affections, and I’m the first in need of a disciplined, exhorting analysis.
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THE AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART IN ART and THE LAND OF THE FEAR OF MEN are two expressions of the same labor. One’s a dance, the other wrestles. Same advance, different vessels. The advance is to know and enjoy the fullest pleasures in artistic expression as God has created and intended the human soul to take delight in expressing his heart artistically, to the aim and end of our enjoyment in the Author of such pleasures, namely, God Himself.the_Land_of_the_Fear_of_Men.htmlshapeimage_6_link_0
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