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Transpositions is the official blog of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at the University of St Andrews. Featured Posts
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![Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1601-36x36.jpg "Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]")
Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]
30 October 2013 8:00 AM | 2 Comments -
Fault Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Two]
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Ghost Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part One]
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Creativity
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![Sooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their characters as free as possible – to give them a life of their own – and […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/transpositionssquare-115x115.jpg "Creativity as a Call to Virtue?")
Creativity as a Call to Virtue?
Posted on 02/09/2013 | 2 CommentsSooner or later, the writer of creative fiction seems bound to ask just how free are my characters? Good writers strive to make their characters as free as possible – to give them a life of their own – and […] -
![Can we add anything to the universe? Can we give anything back to God that he has not already given to us? When we try to answer these questions, we sometimes feel torn between two extremes. On the one hand, […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trans-115x115.gif "Trinitarian Creativity: Creation, Self and Originality")
Trinitarian Creativity: Creation, Self and Originality
Posted on 05/06/2013 | 2 CommentsCan we add anything to the universe? Can we give anything back to God that he has not already given to us? When we try to answer these questions, we sometimes feel torn between two extremes. On the one hand, […] -
![In a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’ caught between the oddities of the art world and the church world. Ryken writes about how […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sun-115x115.jpg "The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives")
The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives
Posted on 03/06/2013 | 6 CommentsIn a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’ caught between the oddities of the art world and the church world. Ryken writes about how […] -
![We used to entertain ourselves. Anyone who has read Jane Austen knows that in the evenings of the era, people would gather in the drawing room to listen to others play or sing; other times there might be community dances […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TRANS-115x115.gif "Entertaining Ourselves: Communal Creativity and Life Together")
Entertaining Ourselves: Communal Creativity and Life Together
Posted on 22/05/2013 | No CommentsWe used to entertain ourselves. Anyone who has read Jane Austen knows that in the evenings of the era, people would gather in the drawing room to listen to others play or sing; other times there might be community dances […] -
Making Room for Others: Creative Genius and Theology
Posted on 29/04/2013 | 11 CommentsThis post is long overdue, but I wanted to write it anyway. In a 2009 TED Talk titled “Your Elusive Creative Genius,” Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame spoke about the need for a way of thinking about artistic creativity that […] -
![I am a painter, designer, curator and creative strategist living and working in Philadelphia who trained in painting and design at The University of the Arts. As someone who has helped people find God and beauty in their lives through […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/beauty-115x115.jpg "Finding Beauty through the Practice of Creating: An Artist’s Reflection")
Finding Beauty through the Practice of Creating: An Artist’s Reflection
Posted on 24/04/2013 | 6 CommentsI am a painter, designer, curator and creative strategist living and working in Philadelphia who trained in painting and design at The University of the Arts. As someone who has helped people find God and beauty in their lives through […] -
![In my previous post, I suggested three areas of common ground between academics and artists with the final being that both participate in creative and constructive work. The interesting discussion that ensued after this post led me to wonder how […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/warofart_book-115x115.jpg "Creativity as a Battle: Artists and Academics [Part Two]")
Creativity as a Battle: Artists and Academics [Part Two]
Posted on 20/02/2013 | 1 CommentIn my previous post, I suggested three areas of common ground between academics and artists with the final being that both participate in creative and constructive work. The interesting discussion that ensued after this post led me to wonder how […]