Love goes beyond mere individual expression to the physical expression of universal spiritual truths. Art has the power to awaken latent passions and open our eyes to the beauty of the love - to give sight to the blind. Art should illuminate the soul, not darken it. However, much art these days is an expression of the absurdity and meaninglessness of modern existence. Art Love is the art of finding truth and beauty in creative expressionĪrt is about finding meaning in life, our most basic spiritual need. It is a safe haven in the midst of a storm a refuge from a war-torn world a place of warmth and security enfolding around us like the wings of an eagle. How many people feel at home with themselves before they reach their final resting place? Love is the place to find rest for body and soul. We wander in search of a place to call home, a shelter from the storms of life. “Home is where the heart is.” These days, we’re faced with the problems of physical and spiritual homelessness. ![]() Shelter Love is the shelter that provides a safe place in the midst of the storm Love expressed in music can go beyond putting us in the mood to encouraging kindness and the wonder of the divine. What’s love got to do with it? Music communicates on the level of human emotion, with love being the most intense of all emotions. Love in music is now a tired refrain, yet nothing is as universal as the search for true love between the sexes. It was a time of social revolution, and today we are living with the social consequences of those changes. In the summer of love, the youth culture experimented with free love. Love is familiar territory in the world of music - and familiarity often breeds contempt. Music Love is the music that soothes the heart and stirs the passions within Perhaps love could transform fashion into a means of elevating our social conscience as well as enhancing the beauty of the body. Fashion is now a symbol of social status, and those who can afford to flaunt convention and advertise sexuality, pushing the limits of what is acceptable. Remember the first piece of clothing ever worn was intended as a covering for nakedness and shame, concepts held in disdain by modern culture. Clothing Love is the clothing that covers our shame and reveals the beauty insideįashions change from season to season - it’s an industry that promotes style over substance, form over function. It is an idea that can transform our society and our world. Love is a decision to meet others’ needs, a commitment to something beyond ourselves, and the ultimate expression of truth in action. It responds to opportunities and makes choices that go beyond selfish interests. Although our postmodern culture tends to reject the idea of universal truth, preferring to expand the boundaries of convention and acceptability, love can become the objective standard against which all actions may be judged, since love does no harm to its neighbour. Popular culture is becoming more homogenous through a sort of “cultural imperialism” - the globalization of American culture, a “dystopia of narcissism and social Darwinism” (Michael Adams, Sex in the Snow). Culture Love is the culture that can transform the world from the inside out This is where to find recipes for a healthy life and serving suggestions to meet the needs of a hungry world - to love our neighbours as ourselves. For some, the question is “What will I eat tonight?” For others, the question is, “Will I eat today?” Every choice matters, since you are what you eat. ![]() ![]() We need it for life, for energy, for health. Food Love is the food that nourishes both the body and the soulįood is our most basic physical human need. Yet, there are basic human experiences related to the concrete and physical that help us to better understand the abstract and spiritual. The concept of love, as much as the concept of the divine, and the enigmatic physical phenomenon of gravity, are virtually impossible to define. If God is love, the key to better understanding God is to better understand what love is. Here, I endeavour to ask, knock, and seek to discover how the faithful are finding their way. The only enduring answers to the eternal quest are faith, hope, and love. At the core of human experience is the ongoing work of life: the search for meaning, purpose, and belonging.
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