Beauty and Imagination
August 8, 2012“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” Dante Alighieri This quote came to mind when I watched this music video of a violinist dancing along the…
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Imagination and the Infinite Story
July 18, 2012“We are all limited to five senses (that we know of), and we must live in and interact with this world, with art and language…
The Story Warren
June 25, 2012As children formed in His image, God gave us the unique capacity to imagine and create–a gift I value greatly. When I find like-minded souls,…
Dreamers of Dreams
May 23, 2012In 1874, British poet Arthur O’Shaughnessy penned a poem about the impact of storytellers and other creative individuals–poets, musicians, and the like. Through his verse,…
DaVinci and the Creative Mind
May 9, 2012Recently, I’ve begun to familiarize myself a little with the life of Leonardo DaVinci, an inventor, artist, dreamer of dreams…and so much more. He accomplished…
Inspiration from Sleep
March 16, 2012When I was in college, one of my professors shared a story about Benjamin Franklin. It seems that Franklin observed that his times of heightened…
Imagination and Our Views of God
January 11, 2012Yesterday, I browsed the online sample pages of a book entitled The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing, and the thought…
Storytelling and the Journey Homeward
November 21, 2011In Walking on Water, Madeline L’Engle had this to say about the purpose of art and artistry: The journey homewards. Coming home. That’s what it’s…
Curiosity and Inspiration
November 7, 2011Creativity flows in mysterious ways, a river that rushes along unseen channels. We can perhaps reference things that stir inspiration and rouse those uncanny flashes…
Awakening Creativity
November 4, 2011One of the enduring writers of the early 20th century, LM Montgomery is perhaps most well known for her stories about Anne of Green Gables,…