Art Is a Manifestation of God
“The history of the protest of early Friends against excess and ostentatious superfluity is fascinating. It is easy to ridicule their apparent denial of the Arts; yet it must be admitted that, certainly visually, out of it there was born an austere, spare, refreshingly simple beauty… What is hopeful is that in the Society there is no finality; we can laugh at ourselves and go on learning. As long as we are given to constant revision there is hope for us. Special pleading for the Arts is no longer needed. They are not viewed, as they once were, as a distraction from God. Rather they are seen as a manifestation of God.”
— Robin Tanner, 1966
Quaker artist and educator
Today’s Invitation
Enjoy and make art as a manifestation of God.
This Week’s Query
How do beauty, art, and leisure fit into your ideas of simplicity?
When you think of simplifying your life, what are you making space for?
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