...

"Well, faith is art: the art of taking a big risk, I suppose — the art of making a big mistake and suffering the consequences. But logistically I suppose my process of making art is driven less by abstractions of faith or politics and more by practical theory: composition and balance and color. On an aesthetic level, faith and art are a dangerous match. Today, they can quickly lead to devotional artifice or didactic crap. This would summarize the Christian publishing world or the Christian music industry. If you are an artist of faith (a Methodist or a Jew), then you have the responsibility to manage the principles of your faith wisely lest they be reduced to stereotype, which is patronizing to the church and to the world, and, perhaps, to God. Consider what John Zorn has done for Jewish music. It’s not so much that faith influences us as it lives in us. In every circumstance (giving a speech or tying my shoes), I am living and moving and being. This absolves me from ever making the embarrassing effort to gratify God (and the church) by imposing religious content on anything I do. I mean, I’ve written songs about stalkers. Is that any less religious than a song about an ordained pastor? No way. "

— Sufjan Stevens, when asked if faith influences his art in this interview. (via the-pinata)
Dec 04. 19 Notes.

Notes

  1. emmahhleezee reblogged this from beaumondes
  2. beaumondes reblogged this from the-pinata
  3. ohkaleidoscope reblogged this from the-pinata
  4. cclaairree reblogged this from the-pinata
  5. aportraitoftheartist-asayoungfan reblogged this from darkened-underpass
  6. darkened-underpass reblogged this from fortyfive-rpm
  7. graysonnightwing reblogged this from the-pinata
  8. fortyfive-rpm reblogged this from the-pinata
  9. the-pinata posted this