Pain is as common as skin, we all experience it. It unites us all. Fortunately, that's not the whole story.
Michael GungorThe more successful the work, the more people will step in to try to influence and manipulate the work for their own benefit.
Michael GungorThe danger of art created to rise above the noise is that it may end up being noise itself.
Michael GungorArt matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical good for the world. The work of the artist is an expression of hope - it is homage to the value of human life, and it is vital to society. Art is a sacred expression of human creativity that shares the same ontological ground as all human work. Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.
Michael Gungor