Episode 122: Beauty, art and justice with Haejin and Makoto Fujimura
A discussion about art, resistance, justice and beauty, with artist Makoto Fujimura and human rights advocate Haejin Fujimura.
Resistance as an artistic and cultural concept, kintsugi as a Korean-Japanese practice, and the value of beholding and focusing on what is generative: awide-ranging discussion of concepts of creativity and resisting injustice as central to Christian life.
Beauty and Justice
Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage
by Haejin Shim Fujimura, Makoto Fujimura
is out now: part career, relationship and creative memoir, part artistic and activist manifesto. It’s lovely.
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To read an edited version of this interview in print, as well as other interviews and essays about art, protest, resistance and faith, check out Issue 9 of Shibboleth magazine.
You can listen to Episode 122 anywhere: in the space between cultures enriching each other with concept and art; in your studio or creation space as you form what is generative; between the cracks of something broken and redeemed; or right here…
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