Saint Seraphim of Sarov presents the true Way to unspeakable riches without the crash and burn: acquiring the Holy Spirit–the true aim of human life.
To create art that is true and good demands a falling in love with Beauty, which becomes the true life, the movement, of the artist.
Turning away from the Eucharist, I become a zombie
When you’ve chosen to sit in an ash heap for a while, don’t be surprised when it starts to get uncomfortable. Instead, keep sitting there.
Flannery O’Connor shows us how to find Beauty by getting ourselves out of the way.
In our obsession with speed, Art calls us to something different–stillness, solitude, Beauty as a way of being that takes its time and is present.
There are feasts that require us to go hungry. The hunger comes when we realize that it’s through the feast that we can become satisfied.
The life of Art is a life of pursuit and struggle; a life spent pursuing and encountering Beauty Himself. The movement is Beauty, Goodness, Truth.
The Holy and Bright 50 is a time of struggle for me. The struggle comes out of the great tension between memory and the immediate
When the room has been swept clean and the windows opened for light and air, the demons leave and roam; but they do come back.