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‘True Art does not chase after novelty—instead, it is a sensory quest toward the New order of what God is creating, toward fully realized humanity. Using our senses, Art poses deeper questions, rather than giving easy answers. To be truly human in a liquid reality, we must re-define what the culture of fear and cynicism deems as the “world that ought to be.” “The World that Ought” to be is not an utopia; it is instead created out of sacrificial love. To love is to quest for the “World that Ought to Be.” Love is enduring and love uses all of our senses. Love is generative, and will create the stage for the New to appear. The role of the artist in a liquid reality is to awaken all of our senses through creativity and love.’

‘The best of the arts, then, probe through our senses to the “memory and desire,” hovering between life and death, despair and hope. And yet, the best of the arts also point to, or even re-define, the World to come, causing us to rise up, like Lazarus, from the dark tomb of cynicism and despair.’

‘With all solid notions being washed away, as new fears of our days creep into our consciousness, we must insist on reminding people that there is a Stage behind the stage, a Reality behind the reality. But instead of reminding people of the cold earth, we need to awaken the deposit of what is to come.’

‘For they (art and music) are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.’ - C. S Lewis. Weight of Glory.

Mako Fujimura has an extensive and beautiful commentary on the theology of art and how it ties together life now and hope to come. What I also love is Fujimura’s beautiful weaving of different literary sources together creating this understanding, from Tolkien, to T. S. Elliot, and ultimately the Bible. I link to this in my own practice, this is the way I think - to weave together these words to create understanding, and then attempt to communicate that.

M. Fujimura. (2011). The Aroma of the New. (2011 Belhaven University Commencement Address). https://makotofujimura.com/writings/the-aroma-of-the-new-2011-belhaven-university-commencement-address

Fujimura is a Christian expressionist artist whose education is cross cultural. He creates using traditional Japanese methods - Nihonga, practicing ‘slow art’ about hope and redemption.

His work draws influence from literature, deep time with God, and the melding of the considered life experience around him, and how that touches faith. For example, his series ‘Walking on Water’ is a tribute to those devastated by the 2011 Tohoku Great Earthquake and the Tsunami, which becomes a symbol for the necessity of hope in the midst of pain. It is about faith, and links to the Biblical story of Peter walking to Christ on the waves, and is Fujimura’s own exploration into how too, to have this faith.

P. Frank. (2012). MAKOTO FUJIMURA: AN IMMANENT ABSTRACTION https://makotofujimura.com/art/portals/walking-on-water

Artist. M. Fujimura. (2016). Walking on Water. [Azurite Nihonga painting]. https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/review-of-art-and-faith-with-interview-of-the-author-makoto-fujimura

Fujimura’s Abstract expressionist painting also depicted a series ‘The Four Gospels’ - where he directly represents Biblical books abstractedly... and I love this, because I am so interested in the abstract representation of Christianity, to tell these stories in an emotive way, without ‘religious’ imagery - to capture first the heart and follow this with understanding. It’s interesting to think about the role that words play in this communication - the words that will go alongside these paintings. And particularly for this series, theBiblical books that come alongside them.

These are beautiful, beautiful paintings. and Fujimura articulates them so poetically and clearly

 M. Fujimura. (2011). Luke—Prodigal God. [Painting]. 

‘The title of this work, based on a well known tale of the lost son in Luke 15, is taken from my pastor Timothy Keller’s book, Prodigal God. The visual complexity of the work depicts my own inner struggle between legalism of religion (the elder brother) and the “recklessly spendthrift” nature of the Father’s love in the story. In the art world and culture in which we celebrate the wayward, but not having the language to bring the lost (myself included at times) back home, these series of works probe deeply into the tension that exist within my heart to love deeply—in spite of the legalism and the waywardness that prevails in the wider culture.’

M. Fujimura. (2011). Four Holy Gospels. https://makotofujimura.com/art/portals/four-holy-gospels

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こういう状況でも花は咲く。 常に此処に在る、というのを示しているかのよう。 何か、力強さを少し感じるな。 #fujimura #wisteria #Kichijoji #藤村女子 #藤 #吉祥寺 (藤村女子中学校・高等学校) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EaClLBA9X/?igshid=14fyw18f8m4d2

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奈良はなにげに苺が美味しい産地🍓 今年は寒の戻りで門前の桜も長持ち🌸 #cherryblossom #sakura #strawberry #Nara #Fujimura #soring #桜 #さくら #苺 #いちご #イチゴ #奈良 #古都華 #いちごの産地 #藤村 #春 (藤村女子中学・高等学校水球部) https://www.instagram.com/d58843529813b/p/Bvy6VzhhCFm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wek1mdv7f7db

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今年最後の朝練は、冬至らしく今年一番の朝闇の中から。 #early #morning #practice #winter #solstice #darkness #waterpolo #fujimura #Kichijoji #朝練 #水球 #冬至 #闇 #藤村 #吉祥寺 (藤村女子中学・高等学校水球部)