HeyJaredMakoto Fujimura
Artist, writing about how I see the world. “Art+Faith: A Theology of Making”, and upcoming “Art Is: A Journey into the Light” (both Yale University Press) postdestruction
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Jacob’s Ladder Found (opens the original)
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This large painting will be exhibited for the first time at Capital Turnaround in Washington D.C. starting September 24th to October 31st. As I note in this video, the creation of this painting was mysterious, the painting being revealed to me thousands of miles away from the studio where I began to paint it. I had to travel to the darkest realms of the world to experience a vision (given to me in Nihonga materials) that will “complete” the paintings, and resolve a visual conundrum that I did no
Belonging Conversation September 26 (opens the original)
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This month, we have a “travelogue” conversation about Mako and Haejin’s trip to Florence and Germany. Seeing San Marco Museum with Fra Angelico and Rothko really inspired Mako to paint an “Annunciation” painting in the back of him as they converse on Culture Care, Business Care and role of artists in divided, dark times. How can artists paint, poet write, or put on a concert or play in such a time as this? Perhaps the Culture Care approach is to ask “how important is beauty and art in such a tim
On tears (opens the original)
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For this Inkwell interview with Joshua Luke Smith at the Estuary Gallery in Fort Lee, I ended up saying a statement that is quite appropriate for today, 25th commemoration of 9/11/01. As I note in my “Culture Care”, every setback is a Genesis moment, revealing light through and into our wounded hearts. Art can journey into such impossible realms. May this day become a true “Ground Zero”, a cancellation point of a new beginning, as we face the reality of painful destructive remains, to start anew
Daniel Nayeri Interview #3 (opens the original)
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Daniel’s award winning novel “Everything Sad is Untrue” takes a Tim Keller sermon title (we reminisce on a substantial worship bulletin we got every Sunday at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City) and tells of his autobiographical story of the harrowing past and yet weaving hope in the minds of his young adult readers. We reflect on those post 9/11 days of trying to apply the gospel fruit into a wild and grieving city. Both of us ended up making our art into that challenging realities a
Dolly’s Imagination Library (opens the original)
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was founded by her in 1995, in homage of her father who never learned to read. She has given over 330 million free books to children here in U.S. and abroad. Her legacy, including millions of books to come, will generatively live into the future.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J_aw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd020468f-22
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