'Envisioning the future'

Makoto Fujimura says the arts are a 500-year conversation on philosophy and theology | Marvin Olasky

James Allen Walker for WORLD

It's five years since WORLD named Makoto Fujimura its Daniel of the Year for 2005, so it was time to check on how he has persevered. "Mako" is still living and painting in Manhattan; he finished serving his term on the National Council on the Arts; and he came out last year with Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture (NavPress).

Refractions is a book to give to artists, especially non-Christian ones. It includes philosophy about art, specific detail about the process of painting, and soulful meditations about living and thinking in the moment: "The process of creating renews my spirit, and I find myself attuned to the details of life rather than being stressed by being overwhelmed."

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