Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. 💥 INSPIRED BY Redeeming Graffiti to the Glory of God – An Outlet for Artistic Expression and Worship CBN just released this story about Aric Diaz. The segment features Diaz's...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. 💥 INSPIRED BY What Kinds of Music Should We Use In Our Worship? Are we allowed to use all instruments for praising God? What about dance? How do we navigate the use of certain art...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. 💥 INSPIRED BY He served others even after his death Last week, I shared about the concept of Hidden Servants. This week, I want to share a story about a hidden servant. Just over a...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. 💥 INSPIRED BY John Coltrane John Coltrane's 1965, A Love Supreme, is regarded as one of the best jazz albums ever recorded. But what fueled the beauty behind such a famous piece? In...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. INSPIRED BY Faith through fashion design Check out this testimony of a Japanese fashion designer: EQUIPPED BY The first step for artists to bring light and hope to culture Here I...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. INSPIRED BY Should I be an artist...or...a missionary? (Lilias Trotter and a dilemma of the century) Lilias Trotter faced a fork-in-the-road ultimatum: do I become an artist or a...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Sparking your inner missional flame with weekly inspiration, equipping, and sending exhortations. INSPIRED BY America isn't the only culture with worship songs. I spent time with Pastor Una, a Papua New Guinea (PNG) pastor, back around 2012. For about one week, he showed me his...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning the painting. Hey there Reader! Launching art movements, artistic habits, and bold faith: Habits of Artists. "The purpose of a ritual is to keep you moving forward." W. David O. Taylor is working on his next book on the vocation of the artist. With each of his books, I always enjoy the snippets he shares from his...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning the painting. Hey there Reader! This week newsletter features ideas thinking about outsiders, caring for culture, and initiating ideas: 13 Years of Daily Creativity. Mike Brennan is onto something here: "And that’s the beauty of doing something every day, it doesn’t stay static. It grows as you grow...Over the...
2 months ago • 1 min read