Beauty for the Glory of God

“Although Home Goods can help us find a print that would match our sofa, C.S. Lewis reminds us in Experiment in Criticism, “We sit down before a picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it.”  Bringing original artwork into one’s home is a transformative act. It helps us be attentive to the longings and loves of our heart.

A Painting will rarely draw out of us the same response each day; there living with original artwork can help us lookout into the world and see meaning and goodness. Along the way, these works of art can train our senses for glory, bear witness to our sorrows, and offer us moments of reflections.”

From my essay LIVES SHAPED BY BEAUTY: THE GOODNESS OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK IN THE HOME

Below are examples of the art work that hangs in our home BookEnd.