"What are the arts, really? Are they subjects, professions, cultural artifacts, or events to attend? Yes, but that is not what they really are. The arts embody a unique learning process that awakens the very core of one's being to life's meaning and beauty. Through the arts we can learn to see, hear, move, and feel with greater sensitivity and understanding. They provide both substance and stimulus for learning the creative process and nurture our capacity to explore the infinite. The arts enable us to communicate important realities that can be shared in no other way. Elder Boyd K. Packer has affirmed that 'because of what [artists] do, we are able to feel and learn very quickly...some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly."
- K. Newell Dayley, "Centering the Arts in Christ," 2001.
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| Johannes Vermeer, "The Milkmaid," 1658. |
How does your belief influence you as an artist OR What does it mean to be a Mormon artist?
