{"title":"Makoto Fujimura","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Makoto Fujimura collection, where art and spirituality beautifully converge. Makoto Fujimura is an internationally renowned artist and writer known for his thoughtful exploration of faith and creativity. His works extend beyond the canvas, inviting readers into a rich dialogue between artistic expression and spiritual insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the book \u003cem\u003eArt and Faith\u003c\/em\u003e, Fujimura shares his profound vision that art can serve as a bridge connecting the divine and the worldly, offering profound insights into the human spirit. He passionately advocates for the role of creativity in enriching our spiritual lives, providing readers with a fresh perspective on how art can inspire and deepen our understanding of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an art enthusiast or someone on a spiritual journey, Fujimura’s books provide a compelling exploration of the intersection between religion and creativity. Dive into his works for an inspiring and transformative experience that challenges and enlightens. 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Fujimura’s sensitive, evocative theology will appeal to believers interested in the role religion can play in the creation of art.”—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making.” What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanging from the Bible to T. S. Eliot, Mark Rothko, and Japanese Kintsugi technique, he shows how, unless we are making something, we cannot know the depth of God’s being and God’s grace permeating our lives. 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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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together the author's written reflections and his paintings, drawings, and photographs, \u003cem\u003eArt Is\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to see the world in prismatic and diverse lights, helping us navigate the fractured, divisive times we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871322591468,"sku":"9780300273656","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e87e7ecd44d4112ed5dc9fe5e3ae76bb.jpg?v=1762225281"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/makoto-fujimura.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}