Drawing and Calligraphy
When we draw something in creation, we are imitating in a small, imperfect way the creative work of God.
October 9, 2023
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When we draw something in creation, we are imitating in a small, imperfect way the creative work of God.
As Christians, we meditate on what is lovely, and we seek to look on the beauty of the Lord. Therefore, we occupy ourselves with objectively beautiful things.
A Christian woman should want to be beautiful, but she is made so by quietly submitting to God’s Word within her station in life.
Giotto uses the stirring power of artwork rightly: to move emotion toward its proper, God-given end of piety and love.
So is it worth it to make something beautiful? Well, we can ask: Do we have something to honor? Do we have something to confess? Is this object redeemed by Christ and therefore worthy of great care?
When it comes to beautiful things, like poetry or paintings or sunsets, to argue about usefulness is to argue on the wrong grounds entirely.
The Church has long understood nature to be God’s second book (second to the Holy Scriptures). From nature we can learn of the existence of God, his power, orderliness, providence, and beauty, plus the objective nature of reality.