Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture 15th Anniversary Edition
Ebook
Embark on a profound journey through the depths of human emotion and spirituality in the updated anniversary edition of Refractions by renowned artist Makoto Fujimura.
This timeless collection of reflective essays invites you to explore themes of grief, loss, tragedy, and disruption through the eyes of an artist’s soul. Originally conceived in the shadow of the fallen twin towers of the World Trade Center, near where Fujimura’s New York art studio stood, this anniversary edition includes new essays unpacking the author’s further insights into his concepts of culture care and a theology of making. Refractions carries the weight of history and the urgency of the moment, illuminating beauty, healing, and hope. A gift for any artist or supporter of the arts, Refractions connects faith, art, and life, offering insight into
- healing with the wisdom and perspective of a leading contemporary artist and follower of Jesus,
- making beauty from ashes, and
- the gospel as a message as breathtaking and intricate as the lives it touches.
In a world marred by violence and despair, Fujimura guides you toward a deep understanding of life’s intricate tapestry, where beauty emerges from unexpected places, and healing finds its roots in the goodness of God and human resilience.
An artist with the craftsmanship and global appeal of Makoto Fujimura comes along all too rarely. Such an artist with a strong faith commitment who both inspires and leads other artists—now that’s really rare. Mako is a fine writer. I learned and was provoked and frequently moved by these reflections that through Mako’s eye have become unique refractions.
In these essays, Makoto Fujimura reveals himself to be an artist not only with pigments but also with words. His translucent prose warrants close, meditative reading to capture the subtle meanings refracted through its poetic lens.
Like his art, Makoto Fujimura’s essays harbor a depth of luminosity that requires and rewards patient contemplation. This collection is an important contribution to the conversation between faith and art and between art and our beautiful, broken world.
At once bold and gracious, these “dispatches” from one of our finest living artists will provoke and inspire the reader at the deepest levels. If ever there was a time when we needed Fujimura’s profound evocation of art as a harbinger of peace in a fractured world, this is it.
Mako Fujimura has spent a lifetime seeing “through” the remarkable gift of his eye. He has painted for us, and now, remarkably, he has written for us about the truth he has seen.
Mako Fujimura brings together spiritual reflections on the observed world with the devotion of an accomplished painter to his work. Through lived encounters, Mako traces evidence of healing and signs of God’s beauty and grace.
A bicultural abstractionist with a deeply meditative turn of mind, Makoto Fujimura has as much to say in words as he does in images. These essays, like his paintings, are rich and thoughtful explorations of art’s redemptive power and its place in a violent, broken world. Rarely has a visual artist shed so bright a light on the wellsprings of his work.
Mako’s art reaches from earth to heaven, and so does his poetic prose. His essays bring out what a brilliant artist sees and a text-oriented historian might overlook: the texture, color, and poignancy of living in New York after 9/11 and a world laden with both horror and hope.
In the pages of this book, you will find the work of a man who loves the Creator of the universe and the art his creation produces. I recommend it.
This elegantly penned collection sets a very high bar for future conversations about faith, art, and the hope we all have for the healing of our fractured world. Makoto Fujimura is a tender prophet of beauty and peace. The breadth of his spiritual vision is awe-inspiring.
Makoto Fujimura’s personal memoir circles on the demands of art and faith and their final inseparability. Refractions weaves a tale of art with the flames of 9/11 flickering in the background.
Fujimura represents a new breed of artists, whose lives match their work in their power to inspire. They remind us just how much we need them to notice the miracles.
These essays weave a luminous tapestry of observation and insight, and they’re a great read. Fujimura the artist has become a national treasure, and with these essays he demonstrates that he is also a serious writer and thinker. His prose is artful, moving, and bristling with wisdom.
In these remarkable essays—“refractions” indeed—Makoto Fujimura takes us unflinchingly into what he calls the war zone of the human heart, shedding light along the way on how art, fused with a hope born of a deep religious calling, transforms and redeems. . . . A powerful and passionate exploration of what it means to be a Christian and an artist.
- Title: Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture 15th Anniversary Edition
- Author: Makoto Fujimura
- Publisher: NavPress
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781641587112, 9781641587099, 1641587091, 1641587113
- Resource ID: LLS:9781641587112
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-10T07:32:28Z