By Heart, By Voice, By Brush: 3 Ways to Pray (N'gando & Water-for-Good)
3/28/2020 7:40:16 AM
Can Art translate as prayer? Can Art be prayer? How can Art and Faith work together? Art-as-prayer? The acrylic mosaic technique that is now signature to my studio began as an effort to pray. When broken by stories of sadness and asked to pray, God asked me, "Who are you?" I had to answer, "An Artist." He then said, "Choose ye this day whom you will serve." It was then that I decided to believe in faith that the contemplation, meditation, and "long thinking zones" of creating art fits perfectly into the biblical model of what prayer is to be. Featuring a centurion artwork (100+ studio hours) with Water for Good well-drilling initiative in the Central African Republic with Jim Hocking, this article shares photos and stories of how art can translate as prayer. [...]
