Art as ministry
Elinor Smallman reflects on a Quaker Arts Network event
Complete silence. A gathered Meeting. Rich, unspoken, ministry; expressed through pencil, charcoal and ink.
Such was the experience of Friends who gathered for an art-based Meeting for Worship, led by Judith Bromley Nicholls and Linda Murgatroyd, at the close of a recent Quaker Arts Network (QAN) event. Each was given a blank segment of a mandala and a selection of black and white materials. Each segment became the canvas upon which Friends could express the connection between their inward and outward selves, and of joining with others in Quaker Meeting. Coming together in a spirit of worship, the mandala blossomed as each segment joined the others… with visual ministry spilling onto the page as those present felt moved.
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