http://theaestheticelevator.com/2007/12/19/christian-art-and-the-importance-of-craft/ For a well-considered visual environment Tue, 22 May 2012 01:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theaestheticelevator.com/2007/12/19/christian-art-and-the-importance-of-craft/#comment-10165 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:29:51 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/christian-art-and-the-importance-of-craft/#comment-10165 [...] to three or four hundred years ago? Perhaps I posted about one of the reasons earlier this week when talking about craft. Perhaps Betty Spackman gives some insight in her book about Christians and kitsch, which I hope to [...]

]]> http://theaestheticelevator.com/2007/12/19/christian-art-and-the-importance-of-craft/#comment-10134 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:30:31 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/christian-art-and-the-importance-of-craft/#comment-10134 There are plenty of Christian circles that emphasize what we do for God, whether we have skill or not. And when we are able to create our own subcultures, we have a way of avoiding the art world ‘out there’ and of avoiding critique. I do think religious activities tend to have more value within the subculture than things like art, which have a less quantitative purpose. And hey, how many sermons have you ever heard about creativity?

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