Sunday, June 04, 2006

UCCF: INTERFACE ART

WOW. Ive just got back from the first ever UCCF conference for artists. 80 creatives - studetns and practising artists from the visual and perfomance realms, aswell as some key thinkers (from artisan, ACG and L'abri) around such issues gathered together to consider what does it mean to live christianly in the arts.

We had lectures from some super speakers such as Ellis Potter who would get choked up when he recalled pieces of creativity or of doctrine that were, to him, amazing. Ellis Potter led our thinking in what it means to be human and what it means to be spiritual. It was so refreching to be reminded that we're being just as spiritual when we cook a meal as when we read the Bible. For being SPIRITUAL IS BEING REAL. We follow Jesus' example in that.

Ellis also raised questions about what it means to live for Jesus as we make art. To be a blessing and cause people to ask questions, to reveal ideas and provoke discussion over areas of life that need to be explored. To love life and to hunger for reality.

We were challenged to be in cutting edge of our culture. NOt to react to what's put out there but to be at the forefront of creating it.

Raising questions questions questions.

There was an exhibition of work from any of the visual artists that wnated to bring work. I took some photos, and that was a priviledge. I went thinking of it as an experiment and came away enouraged and built up by positive feedback. Not to feed my ego, but giving me the confidence to pursue this gifting and recognise it when prevsiously Ive been so unsure it exists. To embrace my creativity and start working with more fervour, in my enjoyment of God and of life.

Quite posisbly a life changing weekend for me.

The open mike night was astounding. Some of the poetry made me cry with awe and wonder at it's intricate word forming and of the creator God who has created beings to create in such a way. The music was varied and rich and exiciting.

Today we prayed creatively for each other and for the creative industries that God would raise up men and women who create in such a way that we provoke and challeneg and bless and encourage our generation and that we would be at the forefront, the cutting edge of our culture.

The weekend was just superb. Life changing.

1 Comments:

At 8:17 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hehe.. =)

"All of life is spiritual, except what is actually sin"

Dr. Francis Schaeffer

 

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