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Art: An Ash Offering

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Matt Taylor

SPARK ARTIST

Hey guys!

Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame:

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An Ash-Offering

Growing up, becoming an artist was not a highly exalted career path. The Lord saved me while in art school.

But I quickly became drawn to church planting and foreign missions.

For many years, I thought that by choosing the path of missions, I was laying my arts interests at Jesus’ feet and considering it an offering to be burned up, turned to ash, and rendered useless.

Thankfully, Jesus can build sculptures from ash.

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Another Definition of "Artist"

I love Pete Docter’s (writer of Toy Story, Chief Creative Office for Pixar) definition of artist:

Whatever you’re good at, whatever you’re not good at…
​The moment we are able to reach out and emotionally connect with the audience–that’s the moment you’re a real artist.

According to Docter’s definition, we all have the capacity to become artists. It’s not so much about the craftsmanship as it is about the effort to show forth beauty. We connect with people’s emotions positively and negatively all the time.

Don’t be a cursing artist to your neighbors; always drawing out their negative emotions with your words and actions.

Instead, be one who blesses; intentionally making someone’s life a little better with your words and actions.

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Joseph Zbukvic (watercolor artist):

“Painting is a passport to society."

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