We CREATED…
Tonight was our artisan gathering that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, "create." Good times. We had over 20 arisans come out for this first of what we plan to make a quarterly gethering. Amanda and Bret Griffin did an awesome job hooking it up with a phat dessert for us all. Two chocolate fountains, one dark and one white (although the wite didn’t really flow, it was still good to dip into) with pound cake, marshmallows, bananas, pretzel sticks, cookies, plus oh so much more, and punch and coffee to go along with it. Yeah, that sucked for my diet! (And yes I realize I haven’t posted my weigh in yet…this weeks been brutal. maybe tomorrow. Just know the video was made and the news aint great. now back to the topic at hand.)
Phil and Sarah Rowland started us off with some fun times through a creative project to work on at our tables. Each table had a grip of random items placed in the middle of the table to create something with. They then had to give it a name and come up with some sort of purpose for it. Some of the creations were hilarious!! These aren’t the finished products, but here are some of the works in progress:
We ended up with everything from a tranporter that beams people to "Muppet World" to a Bionic Flower that would allow for photosynthesis to occur in space so we can still have flowers when people move to the moon or Mars.
We spent the rest of the evening talking about God’s purpose for us as artisan and the consuming passion for creativity that we share. We talked about prophetic art and the most recent arts we had experienced that had a profound impact on our thought and lives – movies, shows, paintings, and microscopic organisms. We talked about using our artistic gifts regularly and being "full time artisans", about recognizing that creativity ultimately flows down to us through the Creator, and believing that our art can be powerful and have a profound effect on people around us as it expresses our spirits and convictions. This can even be done without adding a stinkin dove to a picture, making the song "Christian", or sticking a verse on the painting (no offense Thomas).
I had a great time and hopefully all the people who came did, too. I hope that this is only the beginning of a greater conversation about the intersection of art and faith in the church tht can be started in our community. We ended the night with all the upcoming opportunities to get involved and use artistic abilities at Revolution and some prayer. Now, it’s time to get home and in bed cause that alarm is goin off soon!
But before I go, how about you join our conversation…what piece of art have you experienced recently that had a profound effect on you? Do share.
