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  • We are All Artists

    God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..."

    I recently heard a son of a minister say in response to a question, "What do you want to do when you grow up?", his response was, "I want to be just like my dad, speak in front of people and also make movies." This boy had such a healthy view of his father, one of respect and love and admiration. He wanted to imitate and be just like dad.

    "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Pablo Picasso

    This reminds me of my own son. He can often be found hanging around my neck doing his version of a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu neck choke that I taught him awhile ago. He'll say to me, "daddy, when I grow up will you teach me jiu jitsu?" To which I always say a hearty, "yes."

    "Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse

    When we respond to the embrace of our Father God, we find ourselves wanting to be like Him. We find ourselves wanting to love and serve. We also discover a fresh breath of inspiration over our creative engine (heart & mind). We can't help but want to create. For to create is to be like Dad.

    "Every good painter paints what he is." - Jackson Pollock

    We find there is a dual pleasure in our creating. The pleasure of creating and the joy of being like the one we admire and love.

    So to you artists (this means all of you) I've compiled some resources that may encourage you in this season as you endeavor to grow in the likeness of our Father.

    Happy creating everyone.

    Blessings,
    Bryan

    Some Good Videos Worth Watching

    Makoto Fujimura | “Beauty in Culture”

    http://www.qideas.org/video/beauty-in-culture.aspx


    Young-Ha Kim | "Be an Artist, Right Now"
    http://www.ted.com/talks/young_ha_kim_be_an_artist_right_now.html


    Roberta Ahmanson | “Civic Duty of Arts”

    http://www.qideas.org/video/the-civic-duty-of-arts-patronage.aspx

    Some Books Worth Looking Into

    The Crowd, The Critic, and the Muse: A Book for Creators by Michael Gungor

    "We are all creators. Whether or not we create is not up to us. We are human, and creating is what we do. Every interaction, movement, and decision is creativity at work. We are all artists. We all order creation around us into the world that we want to make." - Michael Gungor

    http://amzn.com/B009M82EF0

    Untitled: Thoughts on the Creative Process by Blaine Hogan

    http://amzn.com/B005DTW35S

    Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light (P.S.) by Leonard Shlain
    “Art interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reveal truths for which there are no words––with physicists using the language of mathematics and artists using visual images. In Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. From the classical Greek sculptors to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and from Aristotle to Einstein, artists have foreshadowed the discoveries of scientists, such as when Monet and Cezanne intuited the coming upheaval in physics that Einstein would initiate. In this lively and colorful narrative, Leonard Shlain explores how artistic breakthroughs could have prefigured the visionary insights of physicists on so many occasions throughout history. Provicative and original, Art & Physics is a seamless integration of the romance of art and the drama of science––and an exhilarating history of ideas.” - Book Description from Amazon

    http://amzn.com/0061227978

    Art and the Bible (IVP Classics) by Francis A. Schaeffer

    "The lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts," writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God." - Book Description from Amazon

    http://amzn.com/B001HBI9KY

    Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte

    A book about “Slides” but really it’s a book about good communication as a presenter, designer, artist...

    http://amzn.com/B006QNDDHW

    The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne

    http://amzn.com/1936891026

  • Thomas Kim is an Orthopedic Surgery Resident Physician at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He was Pastor Bryan's first disciple who went through what we call now, Orthopraxis admist being in Medical School his first year.

  • Will Jun currently serves as an Ekklesia Facilitator in the Fullerton region. He is a Firefighter for the Los Angeles Fire Department. He loves the outdoors and enjoys carpentry on his free time.

  • Esther Cho currently serves under the Worship Ministry as a vocalist. She has been accepted to become a staff member at Inter-Varsity Campus Ministry in Irvine. She will begin this coming fall. She loves gospel music and is an avid swing dancer!

  • Isiah Adams currently serves as a drummer under the Worship Ministry. He is an up and coming actor whose work consists of films & commercials from Apple, Cartoon Network, Vizio, Urban Spoon, AFI and his latest from Warner Brothers, The Dark Knight Rises.

    Clips of Isiah's work so far and his baptism from Sync 5.

  • Johnson currently serves under Ekko Operations. He is on his way to UCLA Dental School starting this fall. He loves people, plays the ukelele, and has the best impersonation of Taylor Swift.

    Johnson getting baptized at Ekko's Annual Sync 5 this past summer.

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