Art is How God Loves Us
Welcome to the official art resource page for Art is How God Loves Us. Each chapter’s featured work of art is shown below. If you click on the image or video, it will lead you to the official gallery or organization that holds the rights to the artwork’s image/audio, if applicable. Make sure you preorder the book and download your printable study guide: when these links become available, I will share them here.
Introduction: Art’s Open Door
Prelude: Redefining Art
Finished Oboe Reed
Chapter 1: An Artist Sees
Van Gogh, Olive Trees
Chapter 2: Order the Chaos
Jan Vormann, Dispatch Work (Photo cred: Runa Anderson for Street Art News)
Chapter 4: Hang onto the thread
Antonio Gaudí, Basilica de la Sagrada Familia
Chapter 7: Clay Sculptor
Ruth Duckworth, “The Creation”
Chapter 9: The Particular and Universal Wisdom of the Created Things
Christi Belcourt, “Wisdom of the Universe”, detail
Chapter 10: The Gospel According to J.S. Bach
J.S. Bach, “Mache dich, mein Herze rein” from St. Matthew Passion
Coda: What Happens after the end
Mary’s final dwelling place, outside of Ephesus in modern-day Türkiye
Chapter 3: Listening is the Work
Simon Rattle conducting Berlin Philharmonic (Alphorn theme starts at 30:48)
Chapter 5: Shadow Careers and Simple Gifts
Shaker dance tune, Simple Gifts, by Joseph Brackett, Jr, performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss
Chapter 6: Art is a Burning Bush
Faith Ringgold, “In Picasso’s Studio” from The French Collection
Chapter 8: Let go, Let go, Let Go
Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in a Mirror)
Christi Belcourt, Wisdom of the Universe
Chapter 11: Portfolio Life
Billy Collins, “Introduction to Poetry”
Chapter 12: Creator Sets Free
Aurelius Prudentius/ John Mason Neale, Of the Father's Love Begotten, performed by Kinnara, J.D. Burnett, Artistic Director
More art to reflect on and enjoy
Pablo Picasso, Girl Before the Mirror
Frida Kahlo, Me and My Parrots
Steven Yazzie, Conducting a Blooming Desert
Michelangelo, Pietá
Kristin Vanderlip, “Inner Joy”
Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux Cave , between 17,000 and 15,000 BCE
Vincent van Gogh, “Women Gathering Olives”
Emma Amos, Tightrope