Out here in L.A., but Madeleine L'Engle continues to bring us together for our quote of the day. Although this is a quote from someone else that she featured in Walking on Water.
... an abstract composition by Kandinsky or van Gogh's landscape of the cornfield with birds ... is a real instance of divine transfiguration, in which we see matter rendered spiritual and entering into the "glorious liberty of the children of God." This remains true, even when the artist does not personally believe in God. Provided he is an artist of integrity, he is a genuine servant of the glory which he does not recognize, and unknown to himself there is "something divine" about his work. We may rest confident that at the last judgment the angels will produce his works of art as testimony on his behalf.
Timothy Kallistos Ware
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