by Chris Alexion, Copyright February 01, 2006, all rights reserved. 271 views
"But art is no substitute for Gospel information. In Clowes Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis there hangs a gigantic tapestry which depicts the miraculous draft of fishes. It is supposed to be a great work of art. Now, on one occasion, I accompanied a group of Japanese professors through the place, and one of them asked me, 'What is the story?' No amount of art appreciation could give him the information the Bible gives. That Christ was God and that he worked miracles during his incarnation is understood only through the intellectual understanding of words."
- "Art and the Gospel," Trinity Review, Mar./Apr. 1982
"The trouble here is to make precise what content art can express. Few writers do so….Similarly music is called expressive. True, it can, like an ejaculation, express joy or sorrow, but not much else. It certainly cannot express Lincoln's Gettysburg Address or the Lord's Prayer. A choir director, a very good one too, exemplified the emptiness of musical jargon when he scolded his tenors and told them that the color of their tone should be more round. Apparently they had been singing red, rectangular notes and he wanted them to sing circular, green notes."
- "Christian Aesthetics," Trinity Review, May/June 1989
1 • Jenn • February 03, 2006 • 2:38 PM
I felt silly when I got back on here and saw the archives right there at the top! I'll enjoying reading through your previous posts.
Thanks for being Abdul, Claude Pierre, and then Abdul again the past 3 days. It was a lot of fun! I'm going to try to tape them onto a fresh cassette for you today.
Take care!
Jenn
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