Let There Be Art: The Pleasure and Purpose of Unleashing the Creativity Within You - Paperback
by Rachel Marie Kang (Author), Morgan Harper Nichols (Foreword by)
Perhaps in no other way do we more vibrantly reflect our creator than with our creativity. Whether through music, writing, baking, painting, posting on social media, dancing, or any other form of artistic expression within our grasp, we were created to create. Yet, there are times we may be unsure about our art, times when our creating and making doesn't feel possible or purposeful or practical.
Rachel Marie Kang wants you to know that your art is not peripheral to life--it is at the very heart of why you exist and what you have to offer to yourself and to the world. In Let There Be Art, she gives you permission to embrace the peace, pleasure, and purpose inherent in your art and in the process of making it. This passionate, creative, and cathartic journey invites you to create truthfully out of the broken and beautiful pieces of your life, as well as offer your heart and your art in hopes of helping a hurting world.
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We were created to create
Perhaps in no other way do we more vibrantly reflect our Creator than with our creativity, whether through music, writing, hospitality, photography, painting, design, comedy, dance, or any other form of artistic expression. Yet, there are times when our creating and making don't feel possible, purposeful, or practical.
Rachel Marie Kang wants you to know that your art is not peripheral to life--it is at the very heart of why you exist. It is how you can partner with God to carry his light into dark places. In Let There Be Art, she gives you permission to embrace the peace, pleasure, and purpose inherent in your art and in the process of making it. This passionate, creative, and cathartic journey invites you to create truthfully out of the broken and beautiful pieces of your life and offer your art to a hurting world.
"Let There Be Art is a salve to the soul and a call to see the world through new eyes. It is a triumph!"--Alli Worthington, author, speaker, and founder of The Coach School
"We need art. And we need books like this one that remind us of the necessity of our creativity and the importance of sharing our gift with the world."--Jeff Goins, bestselling author of Real Artists Don't Starve
"Let There Be Art is a liturgy of healing and restoration for the artist soul and gives a breath of fresh air for beginning again."--Arielle Estoria, poet, author, actor, artist
Author Biography
Rachel Marie Kang is a New York native, born and raised just outside New York City. She is a writer of poems, prose, and other pieces, and she is the founder of Fallow Ink. A mixed woman of African American, Native American (Ramapough Lenape Nation), Irish, and Dutch descent, she is a graduate of Nyack College with a Bachelor of Arts in English with Creative Writing and a minor in Bible. Her writing has been featured by Christianity Today, Charlotte Magazine, and (in)courage. Rachel lives and writes just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and two children.