Everything Is Sacred

“Christian” Art

// February 6th, 2007 // Art

I was reading a interview of fellow OBU classmate, Dustin Ragland and decided I loved what he said so much that I would quote him. He is the drummer for Charlie Hall.

“I feel like artists who claim to make art as Christians, whether they make representational art of Christian themes, or whether they make art of even offensive themes, if what they do is in honor of God, and his truth, which is all truth, then all art that attempts or reaches excellence is God’s art. He will use the offensive to show sin (such as Pedro the Lion, a classic example), and the sublime but ammoral (Sigur Ros is a classic example), and the expectedly beautiful and devotional to show Himself (such as Sufjan Stevens). I believe God is God of everything, and He intersects us at even the darkest places, meaning things that may make us cringe in offense, or lives that grovel in the dark of sin, if sin is called out as destructive by art, then it is at least as prophetic as any worship record.”

The full inteview can be found here.