Gregory Wolfe on creativity,
I would argue that the truest, most unsentimental thing we can say about creativity is that it is a constant invitation to virtue, that if we step back and look for the deeper meanings of the creative urge, and the lessons of the creative process, we will discover myriad opportunities to develop our inner lives, whether we are makers ourselves or are simply responding to the creativity of others…
The undermining of traditional Western ideas about creativity has brought about a deep cultural impoverishment. Creativity may be only an invitation to virtue—an invitation that is not always accepted—but it exists only in individual souls, souls that must struggle to observe the world, empathize with its inhabitants, and shape an artifact into a form that communicates meaning to others.
Beautiful sentiment!
Mark Blasini
YES.
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Agreed. 🙂
Your writing is a perfect example of your title.
…and most creative productions are unwittingly and loosely based upon the Bible, no matter how far or near the author is to the Lord. It always comes back to Him…