Why I Decided to Study Art
Art has always been a passion of mine, and has continued to be one to this day. When I was young I satisfied my expressive urges with artistic bouts, that is until my expressiveness overflowed what art could contain. Gaping I was subject to emotional pains that I would not quench with a physical experience. After much fighting and dragging of my feet I came to find Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Similar to how C.S. Lewis put it I was, “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England,” minus the England part. Perhaps I wasn’t that opposed to Christianity, but I certainly wasn’t for it in my life.
Yet…
As I grew to Love my Savior and Lord and understand who he is, was and will be my conversion took on a new face. This new face could not help delighting in my God, and there was a distinct transformation that people noticed. In Acts 1:8 there is a scripture known as the Great Commission. The Great Commission is Jesus telling his disciples that after he leaves that Christians will receive power and be witnesses of Christ to the world. People noticed my conversion and bore witness to the change which bore witness to my God.
From that time on I decided that all I do should glorify God, and art is no exception. As I express myself I hope that it bears witness to my God to the point where I no longer express myself, but express my God. Art has always been at the heart of culture, and in many ways set the norms for society. Being an artist, I hope to add to the culture, and being a Christian, I hope to change it.
Jesus has long been the solution and I hope to point to him with every breath that I have.