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LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II To Artists Easter Sunday
April 23rd 1999
"Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality’s surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of the human soul, where the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
All artists experience the unbridgeable gap which lies between the work of their hands, however successful it may be, and the dazzling perfection of the beauty glimpsed in the ardour of the creative moment: what they manage to express in their painting, their sculpting, their creating is no more than a glimmer of the splendour which flared for a moment before the eyes of their spirit."
The reason I share this with you, to make you aware of a Catholic Artist and father of 6, Mark Sanislo, who has taken the Pope’s letter to heart in creating religious artwork. Mark is a solid orthadox Catholic and prays the rosary with his family in the evenings. Here is an article called "
The Pope’s directives for Artists — Evangelize through Art By Fr. Robert J. Fox.
Stop by a little online store to see some artwork by Mark
Thank you and God Bless
kid
April 23rd 1999
"Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality’s surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of the human soul, where the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
All artists experience the unbridgeable gap which lies between the work of their hands, however successful it may be, and the dazzling perfection of the beauty glimpsed in the ardour of the creative moment: what they manage to express in their painting, their sculpting, their creating is no more than a glimmer of the splendour which flared for a moment before the eyes of their spirit."
The reason I share this with you, to make you aware of a Catholic Artist and father of 6, Mark Sanislo, who has taken the Pope’s letter to heart in creating religious artwork. Mark is a solid orthadox Catholic and prays the rosary with his family in the evenings. Here is an article called "
The Pope’s directives for Artists — Evangelize through Art By Fr. Robert J. Fox.
Stop by a little online store to see some artwork by Mark
Thank you and God Bless
kid