Art Is: A Journey Into the Light

Art Is: A Journey Into the Light - Hardcover

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Art Is: A Journey Into the Light - Hardcover

Art Is: A Journey Into the Light - Hardcover

by Makoto Fujimura
$30.00
$30.00

Book Overview

From a widely celebrated artist, this dazzling book takes readers on a profound journey into the heart of creativity

When Makoto Fujimura painted as a child, he felt a mysterious electrical charge pass through him. Over decades of art making, writing, and reflecting in his studio, he has come to understand this charge as his Creator--a source he connects with most profoundly when making art. To be human is to be creative, Fujimura believes, and art making is a discipline of awareness, prayer, and praise by which we journey back to our original light.

In this book, Fujimura takes readers along on his meandering journey as an artist. We witness him making his "process-driven slow art"--using pulverized minerals, gold, or pigments made from oyster shell--as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives. He draws on Japanese aesthetics, modernist art, Christian theology, sado (art of tea), literature, ecology, and personal narrative, with inspiration ranging from William Blake's poetry to the art of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers, and from the wisdom of Scripture and Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyū to the traditional Japanese painting technique called Nihonga.

Bringing together the author's written reflections and his paintings, drawings, and photographs, Art Is invites us to see the world in prismatic and diverse lights, helping us navigate the fractured, divisive times we live in.
ISBN9780300273656
Author Makoto Fujimura
PublisherYale University Press
GenreBiography, Religion & spirituality, and Arts
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages232
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Makoto Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura is a contemporary artist and writer. His books include Art and Faith: A Theology of Making; Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture; Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering; and Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life. He lives in New Jersey.

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