Listen "Introducing Well-Read Mom's 'Year of the Artist' with Liz Kelly - What is art? How does it communicate truth?"
Episode Synopsis
Well-Read Mom Founder Marcie Stokman and her daughter Beth Nelson introduce the 'Year of the Artist' as our 2019-2020 theme for the year.
Liz (Elizabeth) Kelly, a native Minnesotan, is a noted speaker, retreat leader and award-winning author, whose works include short stories, arts and music reviews, books on prayer and worship, and meditations on faith, spiritual struggle, and Christian womanhood. She has written seven books, including May Crowning, Mass, and Merton: 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic, which won the Catholic Press Association first place award for Best Popular Presentation of the Faith in 2007. She is also the author of “The Wind,” a short story nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2001. You can find out more about her at lizk.org.
Highlights include:
How to develop the artist within
Tips for developing artistic ability when you already feel stretched thin
Art as a way of communicating truth
How can an atheist or a person living a lifestyle many of us would not agree with produce art that conveys beauty and truth?
The ways to distinguish good art from bad art
Similarly, how to evaluate the books we read
What kind of art has moved you and why?
Marcie and Liz also touch on Marcie's upcoming book "The Well-Read Mom." Coming soon!
Find out more at www.WellReadMom.com.
Liz (Elizabeth) Kelly, a native Minnesotan, is a noted speaker, retreat leader and award-winning author, whose works include short stories, arts and music reviews, books on prayer and worship, and meditations on faith, spiritual struggle, and Christian womanhood. She has written seven books, including May Crowning, Mass, and Merton: 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic, which won the Catholic Press Association first place award for Best Popular Presentation of the Faith in 2007. She is also the author of “The Wind,” a short story nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2001. You can find out more about her at lizk.org.
Highlights include:
How to develop the artist within
Tips for developing artistic ability when you already feel stretched thin
Art as a way of communicating truth
How can an atheist or a person living a lifestyle many of us would not agree with produce art that conveys beauty and truth?
The ways to distinguish good art from bad art
Similarly, how to evaluate the books we read
What kind of art has moved you and why?
Marcie and Liz also touch on Marcie's upcoming book "The Well-Read Mom." Coming soon!
Find out more at www.WellReadMom.com.
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