{"product_id":"art-is-a-journey-into-the-light","title":"Art Is: A Journey Into the Light by Makoto Fujimura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a widely celebrated artist, this dazzling book takes readers on a profound journey into the heart of creativity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together the author's written reflections and his paintings, drawings, and photographs, \u003ci\u003eArt Is\u003c\/i\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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Luminous. . . . An impassioned artistic manifesto.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you have never read one of Fujimura's works, this is a fine place to start. . . . Part memoir, part art history, part art philosophy, and part theology . . . the book reflects on what true art really is.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Jeremy Bugh, \u003ci\u003eEnglewood Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Fujimura] continues to insist that art is our most fulfilling and constructive response to violent upheaval. . . . There are many statements here beginning with 'art is.' . . . In the end, he makes it simple: 'Art is finding the light in the darkest of realms.'\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Ron Slate, \u003ci\u003eOn the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMakoto Fujimura\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary artist and writer. His books include \u003ci\u003eArt and Faith: A Theology of Making\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRefractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSilence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCulture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W W Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45748454817978,"sku":"9780300273656","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_cb56707a-f20e-4a89-9424-7d3254b5d2b7.jpg?v=1775059874","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/art-is-a-journey-into-the-light","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}