Art and Artificial Intelligence: AI Episode 3

About this sermon

“Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.” Vincent Van Gogh Art is one of the most defining aspects of human civilization. From the dawn of time to our modern era, art has often showcased our highest ideals of beauty and technical prowess. As the great English art historian, Kenneth Clark, has said many times on his famous program Civilization, “to look back at the history of art is to look at the journal of mankind as it marches through time, highlighting man’s desires, fears and beliefs”. Pope Francis has reflected this sentiment about art and the importance of beauty saying on February 17th of this year, that “beauty can touch in everyone what is universal - especially the thirst for God - crossing the limits of language and culture.” The Holy Father places an important role on the “authentic artist” because he “is able to speak about God better than anyone else”. But where does our need to create art come from? From the undefinable conflict of emotions inside of us resulting from the pain and routine of daily life. Or is it from someplace deeper? Where we try to visualize our suffering and place that value into a place of worship and ritual …

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